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XI Population Census and VI Housing Census of 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 2002
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GTM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Total number of migrants (last 10 years) (GT2002A_NMIGTOT)

Data file: GTM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 220
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter V. International emigration</span></p>

<p>[Questions 2 to 3 are asked of households with international emigrants]</p>

<p><span class="em">2. How many male?</span> _ _</p>

<p><span class="em">3. How many female? </span> _ _
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12+
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="h3">Section 5: International emigration</span></p>

<p>Ask, "In the past ten years, has anyone from this household gone to live permanently in another country?"</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 50]</span></p>

<p>[A graphic of question 1, from section 5 of the census form, is reproduced here.]</p>

<p>This section deals with the number of persons in the household who have gone to live permanently in another country within the last 10 years.</p>

<p>Make it clear that you are not interested in knowing who left, but rather how many persons have left.</p>

<p>If the answer is positive, ask "how many women?" and "how many men?"</p>

<p>[Two graphics, one of question 2 and 3, from section 5 of the census form, are included here.]</p>

<p>If the answer indicates no person has left, go to section 6, "total number of persons in the household."

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the total number of migrants the last 10 years.
Universe
Guatemala 2002: Private households with members who have emigrated in the last 10 years [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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