IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / BOL_2012_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
Get Microdata
Reference ID
BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
527
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • BOL2012_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BOL2012_PHC-P-H.dat

Department of residence 5 years ago (BO2012A_DEPT5YR)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>34. Where did you leave 5 years ago?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Here [Go to question 35]<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">Country name ____</div><div class="i1">[] 4 Had not been born yet</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">34. Usual place of residence 5 years before the census</span>
<br />Usual place of residence 5 years before the census refers to the geographical location where the person documented in the census usually lived in the year 2007. The usual place of residence five years before the census may or may not be in the same place where the census interview is occurring.</p>

<p>The question about usual place of residence 5 years before the census has the following multiple-choice options:</p>
<div class="i1">- Here. If the usual place of residence 5 years earlier was in the place where the census interview is occurring. In this case, note down the answer and go to section F2. Only for people at least 4 years old.<br />- Elsewhere in this country. If the usual place of residence 5 years ago was in this country but not the same place where the census interview is occurring. In this case, on the appropriate lines, indicate the name of the city or community, name of the municipality, and the name of the regional department in which the person usually resided 5 years earlier.<br />- Abroad. In this case, note down the answer in the appropriate circle; then write the name of the usual country of residence 5 years before the census (2007).<br />- Had not been born yet. If the interviewee is less than 5 years old.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's department of usual residence 5 years ago.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Persons age 5+ whose residence 5 years ago was in Bolivia [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.