Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 1998
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- Data files
- ZAF1998-B.dat
- ZAF1998-C.dat
- ZAF1998-H.dat
- ZAF1998-W.dat
Line number of the head of household (H_HHEADLINENO)
Data file: ZAF1998-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
146
End:
147
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
**** Q.15 THROUGH Q.18:
These questions refer to the biological parents of the child. Record 00 if parent not member of household.
Now we would like some information about the people who usually live in your household or who are staying with you now.
(1) LINE NO.
These questions refer to the biological parents of the child. Record 00 if parent not member of household.
Now we would like some information about the people who usually live in your household or who are staying with you now.
(1) LINE NO.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 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
HHEADLINENO (HV218) reports the line number of the head of the household. According to the DHS recode manual:
This should always be 01; however, there are some households in certain surveys in which the head of household has not been listed as the first person in the household listing.
To determine the proportion of households (rather than persons in households) with a given characteristic (e.g., the share of households with electricity), researchers should restrict the sample of household members to one representative per household. Such restriction can be done by selecting only persons with line number 01 in the household roster (using HHLINENO) or selecting only persons coded as head of household in HHRELATE). HHEADLINENO demonstrates that these two criteria usually but not always identify the same person as a representative of the household.
This should always be 01; however, there are some households in certain surveys in which the head of household has not been listed as the first person in the household listing.
To determine the proportion of households (rather than persons in households) with a given characteristic (e.g., the share of households with electricity), researchers should restrict the sample of household members to one representative per household. Such restriction can be done by selecting only persons with line number 01 in the household roster (using HHLINENO) or selecting only persons coded as head of household in HHRELATE). HHEADLINENO demonstrates that these two criteria usually but not always identify the same person as a representative of the household.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Weights and subsample selection Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |