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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Place of residence on June 1, 1966 (CA1971A_RES66TY)

Data file: CAN1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 226

End: 226

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Urban, 30,000 and over
2	Urban, under 30,000
3	Rural, non-farm
4	Rural, farm
5	Outside Canada
6	Place of residence in 1966 not stated
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 type of place that a person resided on June 1, 1966 in terms of urban/rural area, population scale, and whether in Canada or not.

Universe

Canada 1971: Persons age 5+ resided in different municipalities on June 1, 1966 [discrepancies: none]

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