1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980

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TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Number of females who left the the household to live abroad since 1980 (TT1990A_ABRFEM)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 166

End: 166

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section 10. a. International migration

In this section we wish to know how many persons have left the country to live abroad since the last Census.

[Questions 46 - 49 were asked of the households that had members who left to live abroad during the last ten years, per question 45]

46. Please give the number of males and/or females leaving your household.
<div class="i1">____Male ____Female</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4+
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.

Interviewer instructions

Characteristics of the dwelling unit 

Questions 46-49
 These questions are to be answered if the response to question 45 is "yes".

Question 46 
<div class="i1">You are required to write in the number of males and females who have left the household to reside abroad.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of females who left the household to live abroad since 1980.

Universe

Trinidad and Tobago 1990: Private households with members who migrated[discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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