Population Census 1982, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982

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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, IPUMS

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Parish of previous residence, Jamaica; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_P_JM)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 177

End: 182

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
388001	Kingston
388002	Saint Andrew
388003	Saint Thomas
388004	Portland
388005	Saint Mary
388006	Saint Ann
388007	Trelawny
388008	Saint James
388009	Hanover
388010	Westmoreland
388011	Saint Elizabeth
388012	Manchester
388013	Clarendon
388014	Saint Catherine
388098	Unknown
388099	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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Definition

MIG1_P_JM indicates the person's parish of previous residence within Jamaica. The migration could have occurred at any time in the past. Persons living in their parish of birth were to report that parish.

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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