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Population Census 1991, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991
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JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Age of the first person who lived abroad (JM1991A_EMIG1AGE)

Data file: JAM1991_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 180
End: 181
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="JM91A047" v="JM91A047 JM91A048 JM91A049 JM91A050 JM91A051 JM91A052 JM91A053 JM91A054 JM91A055 JM91A056 JM91A057 JM91A058 JM91A059 JM91A060">2.12. Did anyone from this household go to live abroad during 1990?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No <span class="ital">(go to Question 2.15)</span><br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM91A049 JM91A050 JM91A051 JM91A052 JM91A053 JM91A054 JM91A055 JM91A056 JM91A057 JM91A058 JM91A059 JM91A060">2.14. Could you give me the age and sex of each?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Male<br />[] 2. Female<br /><br />Age _ _<br />If not stated, record "99".</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Under age 17
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40
41 41
42 42+
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 age of the first person who moved abroad during 1990.
Universe
Jamaica 1991: Private households that had members living abroad during 1990 [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.2%]

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