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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1992
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EGY_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Council [Egypt] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Type of place of residence before 5 years prior to survey (W_RES5YRPRETYP)

Data file: EGY1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 240
End: 241
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
919. Before you moved to (PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN JANUARY 1987), were you living in Cairo/Giza, Alexandria, another city or town or a village?
(NAME OF LOCALITY AND GOVERNORATE)____________

CAIRO/GIZA 1
ALEXANDRIA 2
OTHER CITY/TOWN 3
VILLAGE 4
OUTSIDE EGYPT (SPECIFY) ____ 5
Categories
Value Category
10 City
11 Capital or other large city
12 Other city
20 Town
30 Countryside
40 Abroad
98 Missing
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
For respondents who had not lived at the same place from birth to 5 years before the survey, RES5YRPRETYP (V147) reports the type of place--city, town, countryside, or a site abroad--where the person lived before moving to their place of residence 5 years before the survey.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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