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XI Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2000. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 2001
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BRA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Color or race (BR2000A_RACE)

Data file: BRA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 267
End: 267
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR00A420"><span class="h3">4.08 Color or race</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 white<br />[] 2 black<br />[] 3 yellow<br />[] 4 mixed (<span class="lang">parda</span>)<br />[] 5 indigenous</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 White
2 Black
3 Yellow
4 Brown
5 Indigenous
9 Unknown
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 a="all" v="BR00A420"><span class="h3">Color or race</span><br /><br />Objective:<br /><br />To understand the composition of the Brazilian population by color or race [raça] by updating studies on the patterns of ethnic evolution and distribution.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 99]</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">Question 4.08 - What is your color or race :</span><br /><br />Read the options of color or race to the person and consider that which is declared. If the declaration does not correspond to any of the alternatives presented in the question, explain the options so that the person can classify himself or herself in the group he or she judges most adequate.<br /><br />Mark the square, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - White</span> - for persons who classify themselves as white;<br /><span class="em">2 - Black</span> - for persons who classify themselves as black;<br /><span class="em">3 - Brown (<span class="lang">parda</span>)</span> - For persons who classify themselves as brown (<span class="lang">parda</span>), or declare mulatto, mixed white and Indian (<span class="lang">caboclo</span>), mixed black and Indian (<span class="lang">cafuzo</span>), mixed white and Indian (<span class="lang">mameluco</span>) or of mixed blood (<span class="lang">mestiço</span>);<br /><span class="em">4 - Yellow</span> - for persons who classify themselves as yellow (of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc. origin);<br /><span class="em">5 - Indigenous</span> - for persons who classify themselves as indigenous or declare that they are Indians.</div><br /><br />Whenever necessary, explain to the person that the classification of yellow does not refer to a person who has yellowish skin due to diseases such as malaria, hookworm disease, etc.<br /><br />The classification of Indigenous applies to indigenous or native persons, whether or not they inside or outside villages or reservations.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates color or race.
Universe
Brazil 2000: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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