Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Country of previous residence (IE2016A_CNTRYPREV)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 186

End: 186

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

9. Have you lived outside the Republic of Ireland for a continuous period of one year or more?</p>
<div class="i1">Answer if aged 1 year or over and living in Ireland<br /><br />[] 1. Yes <br />[] 2. No</div><p>If 'Yes', </p>
<div class="i1">Write in the year of last taking up residence in the Republic of Ireland _ _ _ _<br />Country of last previous residence _____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	European Union, excluding Ireland
2	Rest of Europe
3	Africa
4	Asia
5	America
6	Other countries
8	Unknown
9	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 previous residence.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Present persons age 1+ who lived abroad for one year or more [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.9%]

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