Family network and household composition (Karonga HDSS data)
Malawi
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-POPDENS-2004-v1.0
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relationship between index and household head (simplified coded) (D) (hhrelcat)
Data file: popdens_hhcomp_famnet_stateevents_year
Overview
Valid:
503443
Invalid:
2601
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
417
End:
418
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
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Literal question
relationship between index and household head (simplified coded) (D)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fath | 195967 |
38.9%
|
| 2 | moth | 31733 |
6.3%
|
| 3 | stepparent | 9394 |
1.9%
|
| 4 | pat gpar | 10401 |
2.1%
|
| 5 | mat gpar | 32275 |
6.4%
|
| 6 | oth blood rel | 15317 |
3%
|
| 7 | sps of blood rel | 3854 |
0.8%
|
| 8 | spouse | 80095 |
15.9%
|
| 9 | inlaw | 2026 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | self | 102780 |
20.4%
|
| 11 | nonrel | 19503 |
3.9%
|
| 12 | unknown | 98 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 2601 |
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.