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2008 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 2008
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ISR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS
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Continent of birth (USSR included in Europe) (IL2008A_BPLCONT1)

Data file: ISR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Identifying data and demographic data</span>
<br />[Questions 10-32]</p>

<p>14. What country were you born in, according to current borders? ____</p>
<div class="i1">A person who answered 'Israel' will go to Question No. 16.<br />A person who answered 'USSR' or 'former USSR' will go to Question No. 15.<br />All the rest who were born abroad will go to Question No. 20.</div><p>15. Which country in the former USSR were you born in (according to current borders)? ____</p>
<div class="i1">(Go to Question No. 20)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Asia (excluding former USSR)
2 Africa
3 Europe (including all of the former USSR)
5 America-Oceania
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 continent of birth. All countries of the former USSR are classified as European.
Universe
Israel 2008: Persons who were born abroad [discrepancies: none]

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