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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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Province of previous residence (ZA2016A_PROVPREV2)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 272
End: 273
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">Previous Residence</span></p>

<p>[3.7.2.15] In which province did the respondent live before moving to this place?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Western Cape<br />[] 2 Eastern Cape<br />[] 3 Northern Cape<br />[] 4 Free State<br />[] 5 Kwazulu-Natal<br />[] 6 North West<br />[] 7 Gauteng<br />[] 8 Mpumalanga<br />[] 9 Limpopo<br />[] 10 Outside South Africa<br />[] 11 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Western Cape
02 Eastern Cape
03 Northern Cape
04 Free State
05 Kwazulu-Natal
06 North West
07 Gauteng
08 Mpumalanga
09 Limpopo
10 Outside South Africa
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 person's province of previous residence.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Persons with usual residence in South Africa [discrepancies: none]

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