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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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Country of usual residence (BW1981A_RESCNTRY)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 163
End: 164
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 7 through 9 were asked of present residents in the household]</p>

<p><span class="em">8. Where does (the person) usually live?</span><div class="i1">[] 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
09 Swaziland
10 Nigeria
12 Other Africa
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 persons' country of usual residence.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Present residents [discrepancies: none]

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