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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Province of residence 5 years ago, South Africa; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_5_ZA)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat

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Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 199
Width: 6
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
710001 Western Cape
710004 Free State
710005 Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
710007 Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape
710097 Foreign country
710098 Unknown
710099 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.

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Definition
MIG1_5_ZA indicates the person's province of residence five years prior to the census.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: O-Z Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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