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Population Census 2001, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 2001
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JAM_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Age of the first person who lived abroad (JM2001A_MIG1AGE)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 200
End: 201
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM01A073 JM01A074 JM01A075 JM01A076 JM01A077 JM01A078 JM01A079 JM01A080 JM01A081"><span class="em">5.2 Please give me the number of persons from this household who went to live abroad during the year 2000 and the sex and age of each.</span><br /><div class="i1">If not stated, record 99</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM01A074 JM01A078"><div class="i1">Person number 1</div><br /><div class="i2">Sex</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female<br />[] 9 Not stated</div><br /><div class="i2">Age _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
16 16 or younger
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40+
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 age of the first person who lived abroad in 2000.
Universe
Jamaica 2001: Private households that had a member who lived abroad in the year 2000 [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II none]

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