Lao Social Indicator Survey 2011

Lao People's Democratic Replubic, 2011 - 2012

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LAO_LSB_LSIS-2011_v1.0

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Statistics Division, Department of Planning and Finance, Lao Statistics Bureau

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Line number of mother/caretaker for children under age 5 (HL9)

Data file: HH Household (hl)

Overview

Valid: 4971

Valid (weighted): 4893.259

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 12

Mean (weighted): 0.335

Standard deviation (weighted): 1.021

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 27

End: 28

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 12

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V485

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

FIRST, PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME OF EACH PERSON WHO USUALLY LIVES HERE, STARTING WITH THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. List the head of the household in line 01. List all household members (HL2), their relationship to the household head (HL3), and their sex (HL4) Then ask: ARE THERE ANY OTHERS WHO LIVE HERE, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT AT HOME NOW? If yes, complete listing for questions HL2-HL4. Then, ask questions starting with HL5 for each person at a time. Use an additional questionnaire if all rows in the household listing form have been used.

- For children under age 5

Literal question

Line number of mother/caretaker for children under age 5

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	Not eligible	4358	4295	87.8%
1		10	10	0.2%
2		410	395	8.1%
3		67	65	1.3%
4		65	66	1.3%
5		25	29	0.6%
6		23	19	0.4%
7		6	7	0.1%
8		4	4	0.1%
9		1	1	0%
11		1	2	0%
12		1	1	0%