2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Botswana, 2001
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Reference ID
BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Metadata
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- Data files
- BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat
- BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat
District of birth (BW2001A_BPLDIST)
Data file: BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
231
End:
232
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">All persons</span>
<br />[Questions A1-A12 were asked of all persons]</p>
<p>A7. Where was [the person] born? </p>
<div class="i1">____</div><p>(State locality if born in Botswana, otherwise state country)
<br />[Questions A1-A12 were asked of all persons]</p>
<p>A7. Where was [the person] born? </p>
<div class="i1">____</div><p>(State locality if born in Botswana, otherwise state country)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Gaborone |
| 02 | Francistown |
| 03 | Lobatse |
| 04 | Selibe-Phikwe |
| 05 | Orapa |
| 06 | Jwaneng |
| 10 | Southern |
| 11 | Barolong |
| 12 | Ngwaketse West |
| 20 | South-East |
| 30 | Kweneng East |
| 31 | Kweneng West |
| 40 | Kgatleng |
| 50 | Serowe-Palapye |
| 51 | Central Mahalapye |
| 52 | Central Bobonong |
| 53 | Central Boteti |
| 54 | Central Tutume |
| 60 | North East |
| 70 | Ngamiland East and Ngamiland Delta |
| 71 | Ngamiland West |
| 72 | Chobe |
| 80 | Ghanzi and Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve (CKGR) |
| 90 | Kgalagadi South |
| 91 | Kgalagadi North |
| 98 | Foreign country |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
105(A). <span class="em">Column A7: Place of birth</span></p>
<p><span class="em"> Q: Where was [the person] born?</span>
<br />State the place (locality) of usual residence of the mother at the time of birth of the child. The codes should be a seven digits number with the first two digits standing for the district and the next two standing for a district and the last three for a locality written as per the corresponding ones from the village country list. For those people whose place of usual residence of their mother's at the time of their births was outside Botswana, write the code of that country in the shaded area and the code of that country, preceding it with a "77777" the unshaded area.
<p><span class="em"> Q: Where was [the person] born?</span>
<br />State the place (locality) of usual residence of the mother at the time of birth of the child. The codes should be a seven digits number with the first two digits standing for the district and the next two standing for a district and the last three for a locality written as per the corresponding ones from the village country list. For those people whose place of usual residence of their mother's at the time of their births was outside Botswana, write the code of that country in the shaded area and the code of that country, preceding it with a "77777" the unshaded area.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's district of birth. District is the first-level geographic identifier available in the Botswana sample.
Universe
Botswana 2001: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |