The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 2000

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THA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Previous place before moving (TH2000A_0428)

Data file: THA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 209

End: 209

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Migration
[Questions were asked of respondents with codes 0-5 in L24]

L26. Only persons who migrated within Thailand, moved from:

[] 1 Village
[] 2 Municipality

Categories

Value	Category
1	Village
2	Municipal
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

25. Migration
Migration means the movement of people from one residing place to another, such as from one village or municipal area to another village or municipal area where the respondent is currently residing. Such movement must have occurred no less than five years before the census.

The following cases are not considered as migration
a) Change of respondent's municipal area or village due to expansion of the municipality area or division of a village into two or more when the respondent has not physically moved from their regular residence.

b) Respondents who move their residences into Bangkok metropolis and Pattaya city.

Column L25, L26, L27: Migration
[Ask only persons who recorded code "0 - 5" in column L24]

Column L26: Moving from village or municipality
[Ask only persons who migrated within Thailand]

Question asked [of respondent]: "Have you moved from a village or municipality?

[] 1 If moving from the village

Record code "1"

[] 2 If moving from the municipality

Record code "2"

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person's previous place before moving is a village or municipality.

Universe

Persons who have lived for less than 5 years at current residence and moved within Thailand

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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