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2010 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2010
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ZMB_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Urban or rural region at the time of birth (ZM2010A_BPLREGION)

Data file: ZMB2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 244
End: 244
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">P7. Was this part of the district rural or urban at the time of birth?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Rural<br />[] 2 Urban<br />[] 3 Outside Zambia</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Rural Zambia
2 Urban Zambia
3 Outside Zambia
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 whether the person was born in an urban or rural region.
Universe
Zambia 2010: Present members and visitors [discrepancies: none]

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