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Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981
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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Country of residence 1 year ago (BW1981A_CNTRY1YR)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 168
End: 169
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[This question were asked of all persons in present residents aged 1 plus]
<br /><span class="em">9. Where did (the person) lived this time last year?</span><div class="i1">[] 0000 Not born<br />[] 0001 In this housing unit<br />[] 0002 Elsewhere in this locality<br />[] _ _ _ _ Elsewhere in Botswana (see list)<br />[] 77XX Other country (see list)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Botswana
02 South Africa
03 Zimbabwe
04 Namibia
08 Lesotho
09 Swaziland
10 Nigeria
11 Ghana
12 Other Africa
20 Europe
29 Other countries
97 Foreign country, not specified
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 person's country of usual residence 1 year ago.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Present residents age 1+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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