Namibia Population and Housing Census 2011

Namibia, 2011

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NAM_NSA_PHC_2011_V01_PUMS

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B16. Father Alive (B16)

Data file: PERSON_REC

Overview

Valid: 432011

Invalid: 9918

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 32

End: 32

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is (NAME)'s biological father alive?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	271931	62.9%
2	No	143690	33.3%
9	Don't Know	16390	3.8%
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 father is still alive.
The enumerator must explain that stepfathers or father by adoption or uncles or grandfather who may be providing (or have provided) care to the person are not biological father, therefore they must be excluded.

Description

Definition

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

Universe

Whole population

Source of information

Eligible household member/ head of household

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