Namibia Population and Housing Census 2011

Namibia, 2011

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NAM_NSA_PHC_2011_V01_PUMS

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B15. Mother Alive (B15)

Data file: PERSON_REC

Overview

Valid: 432011

Invalid: 9918

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is (NAME)'s biological mother alive?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	328923	76.1%
2	No	90124	20.9%
9	Don't Know	12964	3%
Sysmiss		9918

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.

Interviewer instructions

Ask each person in the household whether his/her biological mother is still alive.
The enumerator must explain that stepmothers or mothers by adoption or aunts or grandparents who may be providing (or have provided) care to the person are not biological mothers, therefore they must be excluded.

Description

Definition

This refers to the biological mother for each person in the household.

Universe

Whole population

Source of information

Eligible household member/ head of household

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