Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="BR00A447"><span class="h3">Question 4.21 - What state or foreign country were you born in?</span><br /><br />For native-born Brazilians, record the name of the state where the person was born.<br /><br />Record Brazil for native-born Brazilians who were born in a foreign country and for persons who do not know what state they were born in.<br /><br />For foreigners, record the name of the country of birth. If the person does not know, record Does not know.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 106]</span><br /><br />The states and their acronyms are listed below:<br /><br />ACRE - AC<br />ALAGOAS - AL<br />AMAPÁ - AP<br />Amazonas - AM<br />Bahia - BA<br />Ceará - CE<br />Distrito Federal - DF<br />Espírito Santo - ES<br />Goiás - GO<br />Maranhão - MA<br />Mato Grosso - MT<br />Mato Grosso do Sul MS<br />Minas Gerais - MG<br />Pará - PA<br />Paraíba - PB<br />Paraná - PR<br />Pernambuco - PE<br />Piauí - PI<br />Rio de Janeiro - RJ<br />Rio Grande do Norte RN<br />Rio Grande do Sul - RS<br />Rondônia - RO<br />Roraima - RR<br />Santa Catarina - sc<br />São Paulo - SP<br />Sergipe - SE<br />Tocantins - TO<br /></svar>