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II Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997
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MOZ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, IPUMS
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Province of birth (MZ1997A_BPLPROV)

Data file: MOZ1997_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 225
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 6 through 31 were asked of usual residents of the household.]</p>

<p><span class="em">7. Where was (the person) born?</span><div class="i1">Province ________ _ _ <br />District ________ _ _ <br />City/Village ________ _ _ <br />Foreigner ________ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Niassa
02 Cabo Delgado
03 Nampula
04 Zambézia
05 Tete
06 Manica
07 Sofala
08 Inhambane
09 Gaza
10 Maputo Province
11 Maputo City
97 Abroad
98 Unknown
99 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
<span class="em">P7. Where you were born?</span>
<br />Read the question and wait for the answer.
<br />Keep in mind that:</p>
<div class="i1">- if the interviewee answer here, write down the name of the Province, District or City where you are enumerating;<br />- if the person was born in another location within the national territory, he/she shall indicate the name of the Province, District or City. The Enumerator should avoid writing the name of locations, administrative posts or settlements;<br />- if the person was born abroad, write down the name of the country.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's province of birth.
Universe
Mozambique 1997: Residents of the household [discrepancies: type I none; type II 2.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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