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Second General Census of the Population and Habitation - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1992
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BEN_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
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Department of previous residence (division before 1999) (BJ1992A_PREVDEPT)

Data file: BEN1992_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Residents only </span>
<br />[Question in columns 12 - 13 asked only of residents.]</p>

<p>(13) Location of previous residence ____</p>
<div class="i1">For present residents or absent residents write down the sub-prefecture or urban district. The country for locations outside of Benin. For visitors mark down 8 8 8</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Atacore
2 Atlantique
3 Borgou
4 Mono
5 Oueme
6 Zou
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the previous department of residence of the individual.
Universe
Benin 1992: Resident persons [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.4%]

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