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The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1970
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THA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Previous residence, urban (TH1970A_0412)

Data file: THA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 155
End: 155
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 12 and 13 are asked of persons age 5+ who lived fewer than 5 years in the present village or Municipal Area, as per question 11.]




13. Moved from another village or Municipal Area:

[] Village
[] M.A.
Categories
Value Category
1 Non-municipal/rural area
2 Municipal/urban area
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
[From column 11 to column 16, record only persons who are 5 years or older. For children who are 4 years old or younger, write a dash.]



Columns 11 through 13: Migration in the last 5 years



For columns 12 and 13: ask persons who record the number of years in residence as less than 5 years (record 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 in column 11)



Column 13: Whether the person has moved from village or municipal area
Ask: "Has the person moved from a village or a municipal area?"


If the answer is s/he moved from a municipal area, record "municipality".

If the answer is s/he moved from a village, record "village".

For children aged 5 years or younger and for people who record the number of years more than 5 years in column 11, write a dash in this column.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether a person's previous residence was an urban area.
Universe
Persons age 5+ who have lived less than 5 years at present village or metropolitan area

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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