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Phone: Parents
UPAR - Parent Module Sibling-Spouse Phone Instrument BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS be050ma-be152mab Variables for MOTHER of respondent: mortality status, age at interview if living, date of death and age at death if deceased. be062fa-be164fab Variables for FATHER of respondent: mortality status, age at interview if living, date of death and age at death if deceased.
be050ma: Mother alive at time of interview?
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: mothlive, h_e2, h_e3
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
1 | YES | 224 | 385 | 609 |
2 | NO | 722 | 794 | 1516 |
be051ma: Mother's age at time of interview.
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: h_e3a, mothlive, h_e2
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-2 | 722 | 794 | 1516 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 2 | 3 |
61 - 77 | 30 | 95 | 125 | |
78 - 82 | 41 | 98 | 139 | |
83 - 86 | 56 | 92 | 148 | |
87 - 91 | 63 | 65 | 128 | |
92 - 102 | 33 | 33 | 66 |
be052mab: Mother's year of death.
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: h_e2a_y, mothlive, h_e3
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | REFUSED/NOT ASCERTAINED/NONRESPONDENT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 224 | 385 | 609 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 59 | 35 | 94 |
1928 - 1976 | 162 | 125 | 287 | |
1977 - 1988 | 160 | 147 | 307 | |
1989 - 1996 | 142 | 178 | 320 | |
1997 - 2001 | 113 | 178 | 291 | |
2002 - 2006 | 85 | 131 | 216 |
be152mab: Mother's age at death.
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: h_e2b, h_e3, mothlive
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | REFUSED/NOT ASCERTAINED/NONRESPONDENT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 224 | 385 | 609 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 23 | 21 | 44 |
23 - 65 | 147 | 147 | 294 | |
66 - 76 | 141 | 163 | 304 | |
77 - 83 | 141 | 204 | 345 | |
84 - 89 | 158 | 153 | 311 | |
90 - 103 | 111 | 106 | 217 |
be062fa: Father alive at time of interview?
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: fathlive, h_ef2, h_ef3
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 7 | 8 |
1 | YES | 95 | 231 | 326 |
2 | NO | 850 | 941 | 1791 |
be063fa: Father's age at time of interview.
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: fathlive, h_ef3a, h_ef2
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-2 | 859 | 972 | 1831 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
60 - 77 | 16 | 46 | 62 | |
78 - 81 | 13 | 45 | 58 | |
82 - 84 | 24 | 37 | 61 | |
85 - 88 | 17 | 43 | 60 | |
89 - 99 | 17 | 35 | 52 |
be064fab: Father's year of death.
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: h_ef2a_y, fathlive, h_ef2, h_ef3
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | REFUSED/NOT ASCERTAINED/NONRESPONDENT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 96 | 238 | 334 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 52 | 50 | 102 |
1900 - 1968 | 200 | 159 | 359 | |
1969 - 1979 | 166 | 180 | 346 | |
1980 - 1989 | 165 | 195 | 360 | |
1990 - 1998 | 169 | 207 | 376 | |
1999 - 2006 | 97 | 150 | 247 |
be164fab: Father's age at death.
Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: phone
Source variables: h_ef2b, fathlive, h_ef2, h_ef3
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | REFUSED/NOT ASCERTAINED/NONRESPONDENT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 96 | 238 | 334 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 18 | 39 | 57 |
24 - 62 | 175 | 188 | 363 | |
63 - 71 | 168 | 185 | 353 | |
72 - 78 | 168 | 182 | 350 | |
79 - 85 | 161 | 199 | 360 | |
86 - 100 | 159 | 148 | 307 |