1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995

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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Migration status, 5 years (MIGRATE5)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 182

End: 183

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	Same major administrative unit
11	Same major, same minor administrative unit
12	Same major, different minor administrative unit
20	Different major administrative unit
30	Abroad
99	Unknown/missing

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

MIGRATE5 indicates the person's place of residence 5 years ago. The first digit records movement across major administrative divisions and countries. The second digit reports movement across minor administrative divisions, for samples in which that detail is available.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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