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Federal Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 2011
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CHE_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Department of Home Affairs / Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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State of birth of the parents (CH2011A_BPLCNTRYPAR)

Data file: CHE2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 246
End: 246
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal questionnaire</span></p>

<p>6. Where were your parents born?</p>
<div class="i1">a) Your mother</div><div class="i2">[] 1 In Switzerland<br />[] 2 Abroad<br />[] 3 Unknown</div><div class="i1">b) Your father</div><div class="i2">[] 1 In Switzerland<br />[] 2 Abroad<br />[] 3 Unknown</div>
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Value Category
1 Parents born in Switzerland
2 One of the parents born in Switzerland, the other one abroad
3 Parents born abroad
9 Unknown
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

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Switzerland 2011: All persons

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