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Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Province of birth (ZA2011A_BPLPROV)

Data file: ZAF2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 224
End: 225
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3"> P-07 Province of birth </span>
<br />In which province was [the person] born?
<br />Write the appropriate code in the box _ </p>
<div class="i1">01. Western Cape<br />02. Eastern Cape<br />03. Northern Cape<br />04. Free State<br />05. Kwa-Zulu Natal<br />06. North West<br />07. Gauteng<br />08. Mpumalanga<br />09. Limpopo<br />10. Outside South Africa<br />11. Do not know</div><span class="em">If 01-09, go to P-09</span>
Categories
Value Category
01 Western Cape
02 Eastern Cape
03 Northern Cape
04 Free State
05 KwaZulu-Natal
06 North West
07 Gauteng
08 Mpumalanga
09 Limpopo
10 Outside South Africa
11 Do not know
98 Unknown
99 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 a person's province of birth. Province is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the South Africa samples.
Universe
South Africa 2011: Persons in private households and transient and tourist hotels [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

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