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Population Census 1982, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982
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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, IPUMS
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Birth place (foreign country) (JM1982A_BPLCNTRY)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 197
End: 198
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM82A401 JM82A402 JM82A403 JM82A404 JM82A405 JM82A406 JM82A407 JM82A408 JM82A409 JM82A410"><span class="em">Section 2: Characteristics</span><br />[All persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM82A407 JM82A408">12. Birthplace<br /><div class="i1">a. Parish in Jamaica:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Saint Elizabeth<br />[] Manchester<br />[] Clarendon<br />[] Saint Catherine<br />[] Kingston<br />[] Saint Andrew<br />[] Saint Thomas<br />[] Portland<br />[] Saint Mary<br />[] Saint Ann<br />[] Trelawney<br />[] Saint James<br />[] Hanover<br />[] Westmoreland<br />[] Not stated</div><br /><div class="i1">b. Foreign country:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Trinidad and Tobago<br />[] Guyana<br />[] Barbados<br />[] Belize<br />[] Other Commonwealth in the Caribbean<br />[] Cuba<br />[] Other West Indies country<br />[] United Kingdom<br />[] Canada<br />[] India<br />[] Other Commonwealth country<br />[] U.S.A.<br />[] Panama<br />[] Other Central American country<br />[] China<br />[] Not stated<br />[] Other country</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 United Kingdom
02 Canada
03 India
04 Other Commonwealth country
05 U.S.A
06 Panama
07 Other Central American country
08 China
09 Other country
10 Trinidad and Tobago
11 Guyana
12 Barbados
13 Belize
14 Other Commonwealth Caribbean country
15 Cuba
16 Other West Indies country
98 Unknown
99 NIU (Not in universe)
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 the foreign country where the individual's mother was residing when the individual was born.
Universe
Jamaica 1982: Persons born outside Jamaica [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.9%]

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