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National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1990
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PNG_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Data file: PNG1990_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 360807
Variables: 77

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
MOMLOC
Mother's location in household
POPLOC
Father's location in household
SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
PARRULE
Rule for linking parent
SPRULE
Rule for linking spouse
STEPMOM
Probable stepmother
STEPPOP
Probable stepfather
POLYMAL
Man with more than one wife linked
POLY2ND
Woman is second or higher order wife
FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
NCHILD
Number of own children in household
NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
AGE
Age
AGE2
Age, grouped into intervals
SEX
Sex
MARST
Marital status [general version]
MARSTD
Marital status [detailed version]
BIRTHYR
Year of birth
BIRTHMO
Month of birth
MORTMOT
Mortality status of mother
NATIVITY
Nativity status
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
CITIZEN
Citizenship
BPLPG
Province or country of birth, Papua New Guinea
RELIGION
Religion [general version]
RELIGIOND
Religion [detailed version]
SPEAKENG
Speaks English
SCHOOL
School attendance
LIT
Literacy
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
EDUCPG
Educational attainment, Papua New Guinea
EMPSTAT
Activity status (employment status) [general version]
EMPSTATD
Activity status (employment status) [detailed version]
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC
Occupation, unrecoded
ISCO88A
Occupation, ISCO-1988, 3-digit
CLASSWK
Status in employment (class of worker) [general version]
CLASSWKD
Status in employment (class of worker) [detailed version]
MIGRATE1
Migration status, 1 year
MIGCTRY1
Country of residence 1 year ago
GEOMIG1_1
1st subnational geographic level of residence 1 years prior to survey, world [consistent boundaries over time]
MIG1_1_PG
Province of residence 1 year ago, Papua New Guinea; consistent boundaries, GIS
DISEMP
Employment disability
PG1990A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
PG1990A_RELATE
Relationship to the household head
PG1990A_SEX
Sex
PG1990A_BIRTHMO
Month of birth
PG1990A_BIRTHYR
Year of birth
PG1990A_AGE
Age
PG1990A_MARST
Marital status
PG1990A_MOTHLIVE
Mother is alive
PG1990A_CITIZEN
Citizenship
PG1990A_BPLCNTRY
Country of birth
PG1990A_USUALRES
Province or country of usual residence
PG1990A_RES1YR
Province or country of residence last year
PG1990A_BPLPROV
Province of birth
PG1990A_CHURCH
Belongs to a church
PG1990A_RELIG
Religion
PG1990A_SCHOOL
Currently attending school (full-time students)
PG1990A_EDATTAIN
Highest level of education attained
PG1990A_LITENG
Literate in English
PG1990A_LITPID
Literate in Pidgin
PG1990A_LITMOT
Literate in Motu
PG1990A_LITOTH
Literate in other language
PG1990A_ACTIVITY
Economic activity last week
PG1990A_WORK
Worked last week
PG1990A_OCC
Occupation
Total: 77
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