Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981

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Reference ID

BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Sep 03, 2025

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Country of stay for absent household member (BW1981A_ABSCNTRY)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 189

End: 190

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
02	South Africa
03	Zimbabwe
04	Namibia
07	Angola
09	Swaziland
12	Other Africa
29	Other countries
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 the country of stay for the absent household member.

Universe

Botswana 1981: Absent citizens [discrepancies: none]

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