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National Population Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2001
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Reason for residence at the district of enumeration (NP2001A_RSTAY)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a=" NP01A410 NP01A411 NP01A451 NP01A412 NP01A413 " v="NP01A410 NP01A411 NP01A451 NP01A412 NP01A413 NP01A414 NP01A415">4. Where is ____ place of birth?<br /><div class="i1">(Code must be encircled, if the place of birth is other district or other country the name must be specified)<br /><br />[] 1 Same district (skip to question 7)<br />[] 2 Other district ____</div><br /><div class="i2">i. VDC ____<br />ii. Municipality ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Other countries ____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="NP01A414 NP01A415">Only for code 2 and 3 in question 4<br />[Questions 5 and 6 were asked of persons whose district of birth is different from the present district of residence, per question 4.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NP01A415">6. What is ____ main reason for staying in this district?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Business/trade<br />[] 2 Agriculture<br />[] 3 Service<br />[] 4 Study<br />[] 5 Marriage<br />[] 6 Others ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Business/trade
2 Agriculture
3 Service
4 Study
5 Marriage
6 Others
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 a="all" v="NP01A415"><span class="em">Column 6: What is ____ reason for staying in this district?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Business/trade<br />[] 2. Agriculture<br />[] 3. Service<br />[] 4. Study<br />[] 5. Marriage<br />[] 6. Others ____</div><br /><br />The reason for moving into this district by changing the original birth place should be mentioned. Reasons for coming and for staying in this district might be different. Some of the reasons are mentioned above. The reasons for staying in this district might be business/trade or agriculture, or study or service etc. On specifying the reason, the code of the suitable reasons should be encircled; e.g. if the reason for staying is marriage, then code 5 should be encircled. But if the person has migrated after some years of marriage then the reasons for moving may be different. If the reason of moving is other than the reasons mentioned above, then encircle code 6 and specify, e.g. labor, refugee, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for residence in the district of enumeration.
Universe
Nepal 2001: Persons not born in present district of residence [discrepancies: none]

concept

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