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2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2012
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TZA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Birth certificate (TZ2012A_BTHCERT)

Data file: TZA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 241
End: 241
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">B. All persons </span>
<br /><span class="em">[Questions 1-19 were asked of all persons.]</span></p>

<p>16. Place of birth </p>
<div class="i1">In which region/country was [the respondent] born? _ _ _ _<br /><br />Write code for the region and district if born in the country or the country code followed by "44" if born outside Tanzania. Codes are in a separate handbook</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Has a birth certificate
2 Has a birth notification
3 Has no birth certificate or notification
8 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 whether the person has a birth certificate.
Universe
Tanzania 2012: All persons

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