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National Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 2000
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PNG_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Duration of residence in district or town (PG2000A_RESBTH)

Data file: PNG2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-10 were asked of all persons.]</p>

<p>9. How long has the person lived in this district/town?</p>
<div class="i1">If "other" give number of years lived here. If less than one year enter "00" in the boxes.<br /><br />[] 1 Continuously since birth<br />[] 2 Other<br />Number of years lived here _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Continuous since birth
2 Moved from other location
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 how long the person has lived in their current residence.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 2000: All persons

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