National Census. Eighth Census of Population Fourth Census of Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005

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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Urban status of place where lived in 2000 (NI2005A_0418)

Data file: NIC2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 214

End: 214

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 11-18 were asked of persons age 5 or older]

12. This place was a:

[] 1 Farm / village / comarca [traditional administrative region]
[] 2 City

Categories

Value	Category
1	Farm/village/comarca [traditional administrative region]
2	City
8	Unknown
9	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.

Interviewer instructions

For persons age 5 or older (Questions 11-18)

Question 12. This place was a:

This question is related to the previous one, and allows us to know if the place where the person was living five years ago was rural (farm, settlement [caserio] or region [comarca]) or urban (city).

Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the urban status of place where the person was living in 2000. It specifies if the place was a farm, village, or comarca, or a city.

Universe

Persons age 5+ living in Nicaragua in 2000

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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