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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
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  • IRQ1997-P-H

Urban-rural status of previous residence (IQ1997A_0431)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 244
End: 244
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Residential status


55. Residential period in the recent place of residency


[] 1 From birth
[] 2 Less than a year
[] 3 One year or more ____


Previous place of residence:


56. Governorate or abroad


[] 1 In this governorate ____
[] 2 Abroad ____



57. Administrative unit


[] 1 Urban
[] 2 Rural



58. Reason for changing the place of residency


[] 1 Job
[] 2 Transfer of posting
[] 3 Appointment
[] 4 War
[] 5 Marriage or divorce or windowed
[] 6 Study or finishing studies
[] 7 Accompanying family
[] 8 To get a better living
[] 9 Other
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Urban
2 Rural
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
(The fields 55-58 are specialized for residency and they are recorded for all population)



Note: The fields (56-60) are not filled for the persons dwell in the recent residential period from birth and the sign (x) in the square opposite to the phrase (from birth) in the field 55 (the residential period in the recent residential place).



57. The administrative unit:
If the area that the person dwells in before its recent place of residency is the centre of the governorate or the centre of Qadha or within the boundaries of municipalities of the Nahia indicated by the sign (x) in the square opposite to the word (urban) with mentioning the name of the administrative unit but if the area that the person resides in before its recent place of residency outside the centre of the governorate or Qadha or the boundaries of municipality of the Nahia indicated by the sign (x) in the square opposite to the word (rural) with mentioning the name of the administrative unit.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's previous residence was an urban or rural area.
Universe
Persons who have not lived in the present residential place from birth

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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