National Population and Housing Census, 1980 - IPUMS Subset
Argentina, 1980
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ARG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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- ARG1980_PHC-H-H.dat
- ARG1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Place of birth (AR1980A_BPL)
Data file: ARG1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
209
End:
211
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Population</span></p>
<p><span class="h3">For all of the persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-6 were asked of all persons]</p>
<p><svar v="AR80A404 AR80A405 AR80A427">5. What is the locality and province, or foreign country [of his or her birth or residence]?<br /><div class="i1">In each case if it is the locality or place where the person is answering the census mark only the box "here." Otherwise, write the name of the locality or place and the province. If it is in another country, write only the name of the country.</div><br /></svar>
<p><span class="h3">For all of the persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-6 were asked of all persons]</p>
<p><svar v="AR80A404 AR80A405 AR80A427">5. What is the locality and province, or foreign country [of his or her birth or residence]?<br /><div class="i1">In each case if it is the locality or place where the person is answering the census mark only the box "here." Otherwise, write the name of the locality or place and the province. If it is in another country, write only the name of the country.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Capital Federal |
| 002 | Gran Buenos Aires |
| 003 | Gran La Plata |
| 004 | Mar del Plata |
| 005 | Gran Bahia Blanca |
| 006 | Cities in Buenos Aires Province with 30,000 to 100,000 habitants |
| 007 | Other Buenos Aires Province |
| 008 | San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca |
| 009 | Other Catamarca Province |
| 010 | Gran Cordoba |
| 011 | Rio Cuarto - Villa Maria - San Francisco |
| 012 | Other Cordoba Province |
| 013 | Corrientes |
| 014 | Goya |
| 015 | Other Corrientes Province |
| 016 | Gran Resistencia |
| 017 | Presidente Roque Sdenz Pena |
| 018 | Other Chaco Province |
| 019 | Rawson |
| 020 | Comodoro Rivadavia |
| 021 | Other Chubut Province |
| 022 | Parana |
| 023 | Concordia - Gualeguaychu - Concepcion del Uruguay |
| 024 | Other Entre Rios Province |
| 025 | Formosa |
| 026 | Other Formosa |
| 027 | San Salvador de Jujuy |
| 028 | San Pedro de Jujuy |
| 029 | Other Jujuy |
| 030 | Santa Rosa |
| 031 | LaPampa Province, not Santa Rosa |
| 032 | La Rioja |
| 033 | Other La Rioja Province |
| 034 | Gran Mendoza |
| 035 | San Rafael |
| 036 | Other Mendoza Province |
| 037 | Posadas |
| 038 | Other Misiones Province |
| 039 | Neuquen |
| 040 | Other Neuquen Province |
| 041 | Viedma |
| 042 | Gral Roca - San Carlos de Bariloche |
| 043 | Other Rio Negro Province |
| 044 | Salta |
| 045 | Other Salta Province |
| 046 | Gran San Juan |
| 047 | Other San Juan Province |
| 048 | San Luis |
| 049 | Mercedes |
| 050 | Other San Luis Province |
| 051 | Rio Gallegos |
| 052 | Other Santa Cruz Province |
| 053 | Santa Fe |
| 054 | Gran Rosario |
| 055 | Rafaela - Reconquista - Venado Tuerto - Villa Constitucion |
| 056 | Other Santa Fe Province |
| 057 | Santiago del Estero |
| 058 | La Banda |
| 059 | Other Santiago Del Estero Province |
| 060 | Ushuaia |
| 061 | Gran San Miguel de Tucuman |
| 062 | Other Tucuman Province |
| 064 | Bolivia |
| 065 | Brazil |
| 066 | Chile |
| 067 | Paraguay |
| 068 | Uruguay |
| 069 | Other Carribean or South American |
| 070 | Germany |
| 071 | Spain |
| 072 | France |
| 073 | Italy |
| 074 | Poland |
| 075 | Portugal |
| 076 | Russia |
| 077 | Ukraine |
| 078 | Yugoslavia |
| 080 | Undocumented |
| 081 | Undocumented |
| 082 | Other Far East countries |
| 083 | Other African countries |
| 084 | Undetermined foreign countries |
| 090 | Canada |
| 091 | Colombia |
| 092 | Ecuador |
| 093 | United States of America |
| 094 | Mexico |
| 095 | Peru |
| 096 | Venezuela |
| 201 | Austria |
| 202 | Belgium |
| 203 | Czechoslovakia |
| 205 | Great Britain |
| 206 | Greece |
| 207 | Holland |
| 208 | Hungary |
| 209 | Ireland |
| 210 | Norway |
| 211 | Sweden |
| 212 | Switzerland |
| 213 | Romania |
| 214 | Bulgaria |
| 215 | Lithuania |
| 219 | Other European countries |
| 220 | Saudi Arabia |
| 221 | Egypt |
| 222 | Israel |
| 223 | Lebanon |
| 224 | Syria |
| 225 | Turkey |
| 226 | Other Central and Middle East countries |
| 230 | Japan |
| 231 | Korea (North and South) |
| 232 | China |
| 233 | Philippines |
| 234 | Taiwan |
| 235 | Laos |
| 239 | Other Far East countries |
| 240 | Australia |
| 241 | New Zealand |
| 242 | South Africa |
| 243 | Rhodesia or Zimbabwe |
| 244 | Algeria |
| 245 | Other African countries |
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
<span class="h1">C. Population</span></p>
<p>Census home is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy the same dwelling. You will write down first the name and surname of the head of the household, then ask all the corresponding questions.</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="AR80A404 AR80A405 AR80A427"><span class="em">5. What is the location or province or foreign country</span><br />a) where you were born?<br /><br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form.]<br /><br />b) where you live usually?<br /><br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 10]</span><br /><br />c) where you lived in 1975?<br /><div class="i1">In each case, if it is a location or place where enumerated, only fill out the cell "here". If not, write down the name of the location or place and the province.<br /><br />If it is abroad, only write down the country.<br /><br />You should consider a person who lives in the place where enumerated for six months or more a usual resident, or who not being one, has decided to permanently reside in this place.</div><br /></svar>
<p>Census home is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy the same dwelling. You will write down first the name and surname of the head of the household, then ask all the corresponding questions.</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="AR80A404 AR80A405 AR80A427"><span class="em">5. What is the location or province or foreign country</span><br />a) where you were born?<br /><br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form.]<br /><br />b) where you live usually?<br /><br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 10]</span><br /><br />c) where you lived in 1975?<br /><div class="i1">In each case, if it is a location or place where enumerated, only fill out the cell "here". If not, write down the name of the location or place and the province.<br /><br />If it is abroad, only write down the country.<br /><br />You should consider a person who lives in the place where enumerated for six months or more a usual resident, or who not being one, has decided to permanently reside in this place.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the province/country of the person's birth place.
Universe
Argentina 1980: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |