Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS

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Province of previous residence, South Africa; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_P_ZA)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 183

End: 188

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
710001	Western Cape
710004	Free State
710005	Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
710007	Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape
710097	Foreign country
710098	Unknown
710099	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.

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MIG1_P_ZA indicates the person's province of previous residence.

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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