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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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Country of birth (TT1990A_BPLCNTRY)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 160
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 2. Migration--For all persons</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Foreign born only</span></p>

<p>7(c). In which country was [the respondent] born?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 11 Barbados<br />[] 12 Grenada<br />[] 13 Guyana<br />[] 14 St. Lucia<br />[] 15 St. Vincent<br />[] 16 Other Commonwealth Caribbean<br />[] 20 India<br />[] 30 Venezuela<br />[] 40 UK<br />[] 50 USA<br />[] 98 Other (specify) ____<br />[] 99 Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
11 Barbados
12 Grenada
13 Guyana
14 St. Lucia
15 St. Vincent
16 Other Commonwealth Caribbean
20 India
30 Venezuela
40 United Kingdom
50 United States of America
60 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 2 Migration</span></p>

<p>Question [7a] - Place of birth </p>
<div class="i1">The information collected here must indicate the address of the mother at the time of the birth of the individual. Be sure to record the name of the town/village and, as far as possible, ward and county to facilitate coding. <br />The response positions for this question are laid out in two fields: <br />[1] Trinidad and Tobago<br />[2] Foreign <br />For persons born in Trinidad and Tobago, be sure to write out the full address of the usual place of residence of the person's mother at the time of the birth of the person in the space provided. Do not enter hospitals, nursing homes or any place other than the residence of the mother as place of birth. If the response to this question is "Trinidad and Tobago" then write out the full address in question 7[b] before going to question 8[a]. If the response is "Foreign" then skip to question 7[c].</div><p>Question 7[c] - Country of birth-for foreign born only
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">For persons stating "Foreign" in question 7[a], you are required to write in the individual's country of birth for those cases where the country is not pre-coded otherwise write the appropriate code in the box.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the country of birth of a person who was born abroad.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1990: Persons born abroard [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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