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1996 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Fiji, 1996
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FJI_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Fiji Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Town, village or settlement of birth (FJ1996A_BPLTOWN)

Data file: FJI1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 224
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="FJ96A400 FJ96A401 FJ96A402 FJ96A403 FJ96A404 FJ96A405 FJ96A406 FJ96A407 FJ96A408 FJ96A409 FJ96A410 FJ96A413 FJ96A414 FJ96A415"><span class="h3">For all persons</span><br />[Questions D1-D10 were asked of all persons.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="FJ96A414 FJ96A415">D10. Place of birth<br />Where did mother live at time of person's birth. <br />State province, country if outside Fiji<br />______<br />Give full address: Town, Street, Ward, if urban area. Village, settlement or locality, if rural.<br />______<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
001 Rural
101 Suva
102 Lami
103 Nausori
104 Lautoka
105 Nadi
106 Ba
107 Sigatoka
108 Labasa
109 Savusavu
110 Levuka
111 Tavua
112 Rakiraki
113 Vatukoula
114 Navua
115 Korovou
116 Deuba
117 Nabouwalu
118 Seaqaqa
999 No Response
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="FJ96A414 FJ96A415">Question D10 - Place of birth<br /><br />117. Ask,<br />'Where was this person's mother living when he or she was born?'<br /><br />118. The question is put in this way because we wish to know the mother's usual place of residence at the time and not the location of the hospital in which she may have borne the person.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.21]</span><br /><br />119. If the person was born in Fiji write first the name of the province. On the second line write the name of the town, street and ward if the place was urban. If the place was rural, write the village, settlement or locality. Describe the village, locality and settlement such that coders in the office may identify the geographical location on the map. Descriptive phrases that classify and qualify are best. eg. Vunivau settlement, east of Labasa Town; Vunivau settlement, near Dama, Bua, [the former is within the new Labasa Urban boundary while the latter is a settlement in Bua province]; Tomuka settlement, off Naikabula Road, Lautoka [is now part of Lautoka urban].<br /><br />120. It is important for the census to distinguish between urban and rural places. In this sense 'urban' means the whole of the urban or built up areas, not just the gazetted city or town boundaries. For example, Kinoya is urban even though it is outside the Suva City boundary. If you receive an answer such as 'Ba' or 'Nadi' or 'Labasa' ask whether the person is referring to the urban or to the rural area surrounding it. Add the letter 'U' for urban or 'R' for rural as appropriate.<br /><br />121. If the person was born on one of the small islands such as those in the Lomaiviti, Lau or Yasawa groups write the name of the island together with the name of the village.<br /><br />122. If the person was born outside Fiji write the name of the country - for example, India, New Zealand, Tonga, Western Samoa, Tuvalu etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's town, village or settlement of birth.
Universe
Fiji 1996: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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