Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census, 1970 Trinidad and Tobago - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1970

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TTO_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Region of previous residence, Trinidad and Tobago; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_P_TT)

Data file: TTO1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 158

End: 163

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
780010	Port of Spain
780020	San Fernando
780080	Diego Martin, San Juan/Laventille, Tunapuna/Piarco, Chaguanas, Sangre Grande, Couva/Tabaquite /Talparo, Rio Claro/Mayaro, Siparia, Penal/Debe, Princess Town, Port Fontin, Caroni, St. Andrew/St. David, Victoria, St. Patrick, Arima
780094	St. Paul, St. Mary, St. David, St. George, St. Patrick, St. Andrew, St. John, Tobago
780098	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.

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Definition

MIG1_P_TT indicates the person's region of previous residence within Trinidad and Tobago. MIG1_P_TT is heavily harmonized, a lot more geographic detail can be found in the respective source variable.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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