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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Parish of birth, Jamaica (BPLJM)

Data file: JAM1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 116

End: 117

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	Kingston
02	Saint Andrew
03	Saint Thomas
04	Portland
05	Saint Mary
06	Saint Ann
07	Trelawny
08	Saint James
09	Hanover
10	Westmoreland
11	Saint Elizabeth
12	Manchester
13	Clarendon
14	Saint Catherine
29	Unknown parish in Jamaica
97	Foreign 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.

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BPLJM indicates the person's parish of birth within Jamaica.

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