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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Number of own sons living away from home (C_SONSAWAYHOME)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 301
End: 302
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205 How many sons are alive but do not live with you?
And how many daughters are alive but do not live with you?
IF NONE, RECORD '?00'.

SONS ELSEWHERE _______

DAUGHTERS ELSEWHERE ________
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
SONSAWAYHOME (V204) reports the number of sons to whom the woman has given birth who are still alive, but who are not currently living with her.

The related variable SONSATHOME (V202) reports the number of sons to whom the woman has given birth who are still alive, and who are currently living with her.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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