General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset
Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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Reference ID
URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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- URY1996_PHC-H-H.dat
- URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat
Department/continent of residence 5 years ago (UY1996A_DEPT5YR)
Data file: URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
185
End:
186
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY96A409 UY96A410 UY96A411 UY96A412">8. In what locality or place did you live habitually five years ago on this date?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Younger than age 5<br />[] 2 Here</div><br /><div class="i2">Department or country: ____<br />Locality in Uruguay: ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Younger than 5 years old |
| 01 | Montevideo |
| 02 | Artigas |
| 03 | Canelones |
| 04 | Cerro Largo |
| 05 | Colonia |
| 06 | Durazno |
| 07 | Flores |
| 08 | Florida |
| 09 | Lavalleja |
| 10 | Maldonado |
| 11 | Paysandu |
| 12 | Rio Negro |
| 13 | Rivera |
| 14 | Rocha |
| 15 | Salto |
| 16 | San Jose |
| 17 | Soriano |
| 18 | Tacuarembo |
| 19 | Treinta Y Tres |
| 30 | South America |
| 35 | North America |
| 40 | Europe |
| 60 | Middle East |
| 70 | Asia |
| 80 | Oceania |
| 90 | Other continent |
| 99 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="UY96A409 UY96A410 UY96A411 UY96A412"><span class="em">Question 8. In what locality or place did you live habitually five years ago on this date?</span><br /><br />You will write down the locality or place where they lived habitually in May 1991. For the rest, they follow the same criteria and proceedings for the previous question.<br /><br />Remember that this question is in the part corresponding to for all people (of any age). Therefore if you are enumerating a person younger than 5, you should fill in the box corresponding to "Younger than 5".<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's department (in Uruguay) or continent of residence five years prior to the census.
Universe
Uruguay 1996: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |