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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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Month moved to current residence (ZA2016A_MOVEMO)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 268
End: 269
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.2] Migration</span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you some questions on migration. Migration is the movement of people from one area/place to another.</p>

<p><span class="em">Usual residence</span></p>

<p>[3.7.2.13] In which month did the respondent move to this place?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 January<br />[] 2 February<br />[] 3 March<br />[] 4 April<br />[] 5 May<br />[] 6 June<br />[] 7 July<br />[] 8 August<br />[] 9 September<br />[] 10 October<br />[] 11 November<br />[] 12 December</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 January
02 February
03 March
04 April
05 May
06 June
07 July
08 August
09 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the month in which the person moved to current place of residence.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Persons who moved after October 2011 with usual residence in South Africa [discrepancies: none]

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