General Census of Population and Housing 1979 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1979

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BEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS

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Ethnicity or nationality (BJ1979A_NATION)

Data file: BEN1979_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 178

End: 179

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">Demographic characteristics (for all person)</span></p>

<p>(10) Nationality _ _ _</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate nationality for Beninese. For example: Goun, Dendi, Fon, Ditanmari, Mina, Bariba...<br /><br />And country for non-Beninese. For example: Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, France...</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Adja
02	Fon
03	Bariba
04	Dendi
05	Djougou
06	Houeda
07	Peulh
08	Otamary
09	Yoruba
10	Other ethnicity in Benin
11	Foreign
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 individual's ethnicity or nationality.

Universe

Benin 1979: All persons

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