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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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Father's continent of origin (USSR included in Europe) (IL2008A_ORIGFATH1)

Data file: ISR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 165
End: 165
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>16. What country was your father born in? ____</p>
<div class="i1">A person who answered 'USSR' or 'former USSR' will go to Question No. 17.<br />All the rest will go to Question No. 18.</div><p>17. Which country in the former USSR was your father born in (according to current borders)? ____
Categories
Value Category
1 Asia (excluding former USSR)
2 Africa
3 Europe (including all of the former USSR)
5 America-Oceania
8 Israel
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

Definition
This variable indicates father's continent of origin. All countries of the former USSR are classified as European.
Universe
Israel 2008: All persons

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