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Censo de Población y Viviendas, 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1962
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PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Department of birth (PY1962A_BPL)

Data file: PRY1962_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 154
End: 155
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">General characteristics</span></p>

<p>For individuals of all ages</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY60A416">6. Place of birth: <br /><div class="i1">If born in Paraguay, write the name of the district of birth. If born abroad write the name of the country.<br /><br />____ District or country</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Asunción
01 Concepción
02 San Pedro
03 Cordillera
04 Guairá
05 Caaguazú
06 Caazapá
07 Itapua
08 Misiones
09 Paraguarí
10 Alto Paraná
11 Central
12 Ñeembucú
13 Amambay
14 Presidente Hayes
15 Boquerón
16 Olimpo
90 Foreign country
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's department or country of birth. Department is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the Paraguay samples.
Universe
Paraguay 1962: All persons

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