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LS variable metadata
| SEX8 |
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| Table | ME81 1981 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Sex. 1981. |
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| Source | 1981 Census. Question 2. |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | Male |
| 2 | Female |
| -9 | Sex not discrepant |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 501 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 288, page 65. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 3225 |
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| m204name | PAABME81 |
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| fullname | (ME81)SEX8 |
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| description | See also SEXD001 on file CORE1. |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 1981 Census. Question 2. |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | This field is available in the core, census ad event files. However, a value for sex is only held in a census or event record if it differs from the value held on the core file for that member. In such cases the sex on the core file is kept unchanged but |
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| formerly | SEX |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| occurs | 1 |
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| nmsasname | S32034 |
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| sasname | S31136 |
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| keyword | Sex |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME81 |
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