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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Department of birth (BO2012A_BPLDEPT)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 229
End: 230
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">F1. For all people</span></p>

<p>32. Where were you born?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Here [Go to question 33]<br />[] 2 Elsewhere in this country</div><div class="i2">____ City or community <br />____ Municipality<br />____ Department</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Abroad</div><div class="i2">Name of country ____<br />Year of arrival in Bolivia _ _ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Chuquisaca
02 La Paz
03 Cochabamba
04 Oruro
05 Potosi
06 Tarija
07 Santa Cruz
08 Beni
09 Pando
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
<span class="h2">Chapter F. The person's main characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">F1. For all people</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Internal migration and international immigration</span>
<br />Internal migration refers to people's migratory movements within the country's borders. International immigration refers to immigration from other countries to Bolivia.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's department of birth.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Persons born in Bolivia [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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