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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 previous residence (PY1962A_ORIGIN)

Data file: PRY1962_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 161
End: 163
Width: 3
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="PY60A419">8. Place of origin of migration: <br /><div class="i1">Write the name of the district or country (foreigners) of origin and mark the box corresponding to the type of locality. <br /><br />____ District or country<br />[] 1 City, town<br />[] 2 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
000 Asunción
001 Concepción
002 San Pedro
003 Cordillera
004 Guairá
005 Caaguazú
006 Caazapá
007 Itapúa
008 Misiones
009 Paraguarí
010 Alto Paraná
011 Central
012 Ñeembucú
013 Amambay
014 Presidente Hayes
015 Boquerón
016 Olimpo
090 Foreign country
998 Unknown
999 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 identifies the person's department or country of previous residence. Department is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the Paraguay samples.
Universe
Paraguay 1962: Persons who migrated [discrepancies: type I 0.3%; type II 0.1%]

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