Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Year of immigration to Puerto Rico (PR1990A_0579)

Data file: PRI1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 437

End: 439

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

8. When did [respondent] come to Puerto Rico to stay?

If entered country more than once, ask -- What is the latest year?

[] 0 1987 to 1990
[] 1 1985 or 1986
[] 2 1982 to 1984
[] 3 1980 or 1981
[] 4 1975 to 1979
[] 5 1970 to 1974
[] 6 1965 to 1969
[] 7 1960 to 1964
[] 8 1950 to 1959
[] 9 Before 1950

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
949	1949 or earlier
959	1950 to 1959
964	1960 to 1964
969	1965 to 1969
974	1970 to 1974
979	1975 to 1979
981	1980 to 1981
984	1982 to 1984
986	1985 to 1986
990	1987 to 1990

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 year in which a foreign-born person came to Puerto Rico to stay.

Universe

Persons born outside of Puerto Rico

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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