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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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Ethnicity (FJ1996A_ETHNIC)

Data file: FJI1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
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="FJ96A407">D5. Ethnic group<br />Chinese, European, Fijian, Indian, part European, Rotuman, Tongan, etc.<br />______<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Fijian
2 Indian
3 Chinese
4 European
5 Part European
6 Rotuman
7 Other Pacific Islander
8 All others
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="FJ96A407">Question D5 - Ethnic group<br /><br />95. Ask,<br />'Is this person Chinese, European, Fijian, Indian, Part-European, Rotuman, Banaban, Samoan, Tongan, etc?'<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.18]</span><br /><br />96. Record the group or race to which the person considers he or she belongs. If there is any doubt as to the person's racial origin, record the father's.<br /><br />97. You may write 'F' for Fijian and 'I' for Indian. Write other groups/races in full.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's ethnicity.
Universe
Fiji 1996: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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