National Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Liberia, 2008
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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Minnesota Population Center
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Household classification (HHTYPE)
Data file: LBR2008-H-H
Overview
Valid:
-
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| Vacant household | |
| 1 | One-person household |
| 2 | Married/cohab couple, no children |
| 3 | Married/cohab couple with children |
| 4 | Single-parent family |
| 5 | Polygamous family |
| 6 | Extended family, relatives only |
| 7 | Composite household, family and non-relatives |
| 8 | Non-family household |
| 9 | Unclassified subfamily |
| 10 | Other relative or non-relative household |
| 11 | Group quarters |
| 99 | Unclassifiable |
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
HHTYPE is a constructed variable that describes the composition of households.
HHTYPE is constructed from information in RELATE (relationship to head), from the constructed pointer variables SPLOC, MOMLOC, and POPLOC (location of spouse, mother, and father), and from information on group quarters status, GQ.
HHTYPE is constructed from information in RELATE (relationship to head), from the constructed pointer variables SPLOC, MOMLOC, and POPLOC (location of spouse, mother, and father), and from information on group quarters status, GQ.
Source of information
Household classification
concept
Concept
Imputation and derivation
Imputation
Household classification
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Household classification