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1971 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971
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CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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Number of inter-municipal moves (CA1971A_MOVES)

Data file: CAN1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA71A418 CA71A419 CA71A420 CA71A421 CA71A422 CA71A423 CA71A424 CA71A425 CA71A426 CA71A427 CA71A428 CA71A429 CA71A430 CA71A431 CA71A432 CA71A433 CA71A434 CA71A435 CA71A436 CA71A440 CA71A441 CA71A442">[Questions 22-40 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 21.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA71A424">27. How many times have you moved from one Canadian city, town, village or municipality to another since June 1, 1966?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 27 was asked of persons 15+ whose dwelling five years ago was different from the present one.]<br />Count moving away and returning to the same place as 2 moves.<br />[] None<br />[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5 or more</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5+
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of moves that a person took across municipalities in the past 5 years.
Universe
Canada 1971: Persons age 5+ resided in Canada [discrepancies: none]

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