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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Region of residence 5 years ago, Trinidad and Tobago; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_5_TT)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 134

End: 139

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
780010	Port of Spain
780020	San Fernando
780080	Diego Martin, San Juan/Laventille, Tunapuna/Piarco, Chaguanas, Sangre Grande, Couva/Tabaquite /Talparo, Rio Claro/Mayaro, Siparia, Penal/Debe, Princess Town, Port Fontin, Caroni, St. Andrew/St. David, Victoria, St. Patrick, Arima
780094	St. Paul, St. Mary, St. David, St. George, St. Patrick, St. Andrew, St. John, Tobago
780098	Unknown
780099	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

MIG1_5_TT indicates the person's Region of residence 5 years ago within Trinidad and Tobago. MIG1_5_TT is only available for the 1990 and 2000 samples. MIG1_5_TT is heavily harmonized, a lot more geographic detail can be found in the respective source variable.
Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: O-Z Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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