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National Population Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2001
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NPL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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VDC/municipality of residence five years ago (NP2001A_VDC5YR)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 261
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NP01A416 NP01A417 NP01A452 NP01A418 NP01A419">7. Where were ____ living 5 years before?<br /><div class="i1">[Only for persons 5 years and above]<br /><br />[] 1 Same district<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>
Categories
Value Category
1 Village Development Committee (rural)
2 Municipality (urban)
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="NP01A416 NP01A417 NP01A452 NP01A418 NP01A419"><span class="em">Column 7: Where was ____ living 5 years ago?</span><br />(Only for aged 5 years and above)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Same District<br />[] 2. Other District</div><br /><div class="i2">(1) VDC<br />(2) Municipality</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3. Other country ____</div><br /><br />Where were ____ living 5 years before means -- where were you living exactly 5 years before the date of enumeration. In other words, on counting from the date of 19 June 2001 (4 Asar, 2058), where were ____. living on the date of 20 June 1996 (5 Asar, 2053) is asked to mention. On specifying the place of residence five years ago, as mentioned before on place of birth (column 4), the name of the district or the name of the country living at that time should be mentioned. Place of residence refers to the usual place of residence.<br /><br />If the place of residence five years ago is in the same district of enumeration (or the place of residence is five years or more in column five) then encircle code 1 of same district. If place of residence is in another district (or place of residence is less than five years in column 5) then encircle code 2 and specify the name of the district of residence; and also encircle code 1 if that place is VDC at that time or encircle code 2 if that place is Municipality (urban). If the place of residence five years ago is another country then encircle code 3 and specify the name of the country of residence. In the case of other country, no need to mention rural or urban (municipality)<br /><br /><span class="ital"> Note</span>: If the place of residence is another place (another district or another country) the duration of residence (in years) in this district is asked in column 5. If the duration of residence is five years or more, then it help to ask the question of this column and also to encircle code 1. If the duration of residence is less than five years, ask the place of residence five years ago; and also specify the name of the district, mentioning VDC or municipality in code 2 or specifying the name of the country in code 3.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's place of residence five years ago was in a Village Development Committee (rural area) or a municipality (urban area).
Universe
Nepal 2001: Persons age 5+ with different district of residence 5 years ago [discrepancies: none]

concept

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