Family network and household composition (Karonga HDSS data)
Malawi
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-POPDENS-2004-v1.0
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- popdens_hhcomp_famnet_stateevents_year
reported relationship between index and household head from annual survey (D) (headrel)
Data file: popdens_hhcomp_famnet_stateevents_year
Overview
Valid:
412483
Invalid:
93561
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
444
End:
445
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Literal question
reported relationship between index and household head from annual survey (D)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self | 85693 |
20.8%
|
| 2 | Spouse | 66703 |
16.2%
|
| 3 | Child | 191735 |
46.5%
|
| 4 | Grand child | 37671 |
9.1%
|
| 5 | Niece/Nephew | 5907 |
1.4%
|
| 6 | Sibling | 3476 |
0.8%
|
| 7 | Cousin | 444 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Parent | 1538 |
0.4%
|
| 9 | Aunt/Uncle | 908 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | Friend of family | 36 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other relative | 9741 |
2.4%
|
| 12 | Other non-relative | 568 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Step-child | 6222 |
1.5%
|
| 14 | Step grandchild | 1143 |
0.3%
|
| 15 | Parent-in-law | 313 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Grandparent | 289 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Stepfather | 81 |
0%
|
| 18 | Stepmother | 15 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 93561 |
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.