National Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Papua New Guinea, 1980
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Reference ID
PNG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office, IPUMS
Metadata
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- Data files
- PNG1980_PHC-H-H.dat
- PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Country of citizenship (PG1980A_NATION)
Data file: PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
235
End:
236
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Questions 4-14 were asked of all persons who stayed in the residence last night.]</p>
<p>6. What is your citizenship?</p>
<div class="i1">Write name of country, e.g. Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom ____</div>
<p>6. What is your citizenship?</p>
<div class="i1">Write name of country, e.g. Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Papua New Guinea |
| 21 | Australia |
| 22 | New Zealand |
| 23 | Solomon Islands |
| 24 | Fiji |
| 29 | Other Pacific Island |
| 31 | India |
| 41 | Indonesia |
| 42 | Philippines |
| 49 | Other South-eastern Asia |
| 50 | Eastern Asia |
| 71 | United Kingdom |
| 79 | Other Europe |
| 80 | Africa |
| 91 | USA |
| 92 | Canada |
| 99 | Other foreign country |
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="h1">Section 6 - The census questions</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Urban RNVs and rural villages</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Question 6</span><div class="i1">What is your citizenship?</div><p>You should be able to decide whether a person is PNG citizen or not by simply looking at him or her. For each Papua New Guinea citizen simply write PNG on the census form.
<br />You must ask the question if you are in doubt about a person.
<br />You must keep in mind that some people from Indonesia who look like Papua New Guineans are actually Indonesian citizens. You should also look out for people from other Pacific Countries like Solomon Islands and Fiji.
<br />You must ask the question when interviewing Europeans and Chinese. The answer they give will be a name of a country. You should write the name of this country on the census form.
<br />You can abbreviate. For example:</p>
<div class="i1">Papua New Guinea= PNG<br />Australia= Aust.<br />New Zealand= N.Z.</div>
<p><span class="em">Urban RNVs and rural villages</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Question 6</span><div class="i1">What is your citizenship?</div><p>You should be able to decide whether a person is PNG citizen or not by simply looking at him or her. For each Papua New Guinea citizen simply write PNG on the census form.
<br />You must ask the question if you are in doubt about a person.
<br />You must keep in mind that some people from Indonesia who look like Papua New Guineans are actually Indonesian citizens. You should also look out for people from other Pacific Countries like Solomon Islands and Fiji.
<br />You must ask the question when interviewing Europeans and Chinese. The answer they give will be a name of a country. You should write the name of this country on the census form.
<br />You can abbreviate. For example:</p>
<div class="i1">Papua New Guinea= PNG<br />Australia= Aust.<br />New Zealand= N.Z.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's country of citizenship.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1980: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |