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2001 Census - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2001
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Place of birth 1 (CA2001A_POBP)

Data file: CAN2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 220
End: 221
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA01A411 CA01A412 CA01A415">9. Where was this person born?<br /><div class="i1">Specify one response only, according to present boundaries.<br />[] Born in Canada, specify province or territory ____<br />[] Born outside Canada, specify country ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 In province of residence
02 Outside province of residence: East
03 Outside province of residence: Quebec
04 Outside province of residence: Ontario
05 Outside province of residence: West
06 United States
07 Europe: United Kingdom
08 Europe: Germany
09 Europe: Netherlands
10 Europe: Other European countries
11 Asia
12 Other countries and regions
98 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="CA01A411 CA01A412"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 9 -- Place of birth</span></div><br /><div class="i3">For persons born in an area of Canada that was formerly part of the Northwest Territories at the time of their birth but which is now a part of Nunavut, report Nunavut.<br />For persons born in Newfoundland or Labrador before that province joined Confederation in 1949, report Newfoundland.<br />For persons born in any of the six counties of Northern Ireland, report United Kingdom. For persons born in one of the counties of the Republic of Ireland, report Eire.<br />For persons born in the former U.S.S.R., the former Yugoslavia, or the former Czechoslovakia, report the name of the independent country or republic according to the boundaries in existence on Census Day--May 15, 2001.<br />For persons who are not sure of their country of birth because its boundaries have changed since the time of their birth, report the name of the nearest city, state or province.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates specific provinces or territories for respondents who were born in Canada, or to specific countries if born outside Canada.
Universe
Canada 2001: All persons

concept

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