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2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Payments received by household from someone abroad in the last 12 months (NI2005A_REMITT)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 285
End: 285
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI05A090">12. Did this household receive remittances from anyone outside the country during the past twelve months,?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No (continue to section IV)</div><br /></svar></p>

<p>13. How often was money received and how much was received in dollars? (multiple answers [accepted])</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Weekly, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 2 Bi-weekly, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 3 Monthly, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 4 Bi-monthly, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 5 Tri-monthly, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 6 Every four months, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 7 Bi-annually, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 8 Annually, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 9 Other, US$_ _ _ _ _<br />[] 10 Does not know / does not respond</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="NI05A090"><span class="h2">Remittances to the household</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">Definition</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Remittance</span><br />This is money received by at least one member of the household from family members, friends, acquaintances, etc., who are living outside the country.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI05A090"><span class="em">Question 12. Did this household receive remittances from anyone outside the country during the past 12 months?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" by the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is "No" go to section IV, "International emigration in the household".<br /><br />Keep in mind that goods received from outside the country are not of interest, nor is help in cash or material goods from persons inside the country.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates this household received payments (remittances) from anyone outside the country in the last 12 months.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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