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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1980
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PRI_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Migration status, 5 years (PR1980A_MIGRATE5)

Data file: PRI1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 318
End: 319
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR80A459"><span class="em">12a. Did ____ live in this house five years ago (April 1, 1975)? </span><br /><br />If in college or Armed Force in April 1975, report place of residence there.<br /><div class="i1">[] Born April 1975 or later -- Turn to next page for next person<br />[] Yes, this house -- Skip to 13<br />[] No, different house</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="PR80A460 PR80A461 PR80A465" v="PR80A459 PR80A460 PR80A461 PR80A465"><span class="em">12b. Where did ____ live five years ago (April 1, 1975)? </span><br /><div class="i1">(1) Name of municipality, U.S. state, Virgin Islands, or foreign country: ____<br /> (2) Name of barrio or U.S. county ____<br /> (3) Name of city, town or village ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
10 Same house
30 Moved within municipality
40 Moved between municipalities
50 Moved from the US
60 Other foreign country
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's migration status, 5 years.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1980: Persons age 5+, in migration sample [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.1%]

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