Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981

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Reference ID

BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Place of usual residence (BW1981A_RESPLACE)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 160

End: 160

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 7 through 9 were asked of present residents in the household]</p>

<p><span class="em">8. Where does (the person) usually live?</span><div class="i1">[] 0001 In this housing unit<br />[] 0002 Elsewhere in this locality<br />[] _ _ _ _ Elsewhere in Botswana (see list)<br />[] 77XX Other country (see list)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	In this dwelling
2	Elsewhere in this locality
3	Elsewhere in Botswana
4	Foreign country
8	Unknown
9	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's place of usual residence.

Universe

Botswana 1981: Present residents [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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