Federal Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 2000

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CHE_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Dec 19, 2014

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Place of residence 5 years prior to the census (CH2000A_RES5YR)

Data file: CHE2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CH00A402">5. Place of residence 5 years ago: where were you living on December 5, 1995?<br /><div class="i1">[] At the same address as now (residence A)<br />[] In the same commune (as residence A) but at another address<br />[] In another commune (specify):</div><br /><div class="i2">Postcode: _ _ _ _<br />Locality:<br />Canton: _ _<br />Abroad</div><br /><div class="i3">Country: ____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Same address, same community
2	Other address, same community
3	Other community, same canton
4	Other community, other canton
5	Other country
6	In Switzerland, no other information
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 person's place of residence 5 years prior to the census.

Universe

Switzerland 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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