Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1972 - IPUMS Subset
Paraguay, 1972
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Reference ID
PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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- PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat
- PRY1972_PHC-P-H.dat
Department or country of birth (PY1972A_BPLDEPT)
Data file: PRY1972_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
194
End:
195
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">IV. Population information</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A410">8. Where were you born?<br /><div class="i1">If born in this municipality (district), mark "here." If born in another place, write the municipality where born; if unknown, write the department. If born outside of Paraguay, write the country.<br /><br />[] Here<br />____ Other municipality<br />____ Department<br />____ Country<br /><br />[] [a blank box appears in corner of response area for this question]</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A410">8. Where were you born?<br /><div class="i1">If born in this municipality (district), mark "here." If born in another place, write the municipality where born; if unknown, write the department. If born outside of Paraguay, write the country.<br /><br />[] Here<br />____ Other municipality<br />____ Department<br />____ Country<br /><br />[] [a blank box appears in corner of response area for this question]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Asunción |
| 01 | Concepción |
| 02 | San Pedro |
| 03 | Cordillera |
| 04 | Guairá |
| 05 | Caaguazú |
| 06 | Caazapá |
| 07 | Itapúa |
| 08 | Misiones |
| 09 | Paraguarí |
| 10 | Alto Paraná |
| 11 | Central |
| 12 | Ñeembucú |
| 13 | Amambay |
| 14 | Presidente Hayes |
| 15 | Boquerón |
| 16 | Alto Paraguay |
| 20 | Argentina |
| 21 | Brazil |
| 22 | Bolivia |
| 23 | Chile |
| 24 | Uruguay |
| 25 | Other countries in South America |
| 26 | Canada |
| 27 | United States |
| 28 | Mexico |
| 29 | Other countries in Central America |
| 30 | Germany |
| 31 | Spain |
| 34 | Italy |
| 35 | Poland |
| 36 | Russia |
| 39 | Other countries in Europe |
| 40 | Korea |
| 41 | Japan |
| 42 | Other countries in Asia, Africa, or Oceania |
| 97 | Place of enumeration |
| 99 | Unknown |
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="h3">IV. Information about the Population</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A410">8. Place of birth<br />If the person was born in this municipality (or district); or in any of its colonies or companies, etc., mark the box "here".<br /><br />If he/she was born in another municipality, note the name of this other municipality. If he/she does not remember, note the name of the department. If he/she was born in a foreign country, note the name of the country. (The boxes for answering questions 9 and 10 have the same design as number 8)<br /></svar></p>
<p>8. Where were you born?
<br />If he/she was born in this municipality (district), mark "here".
<br />If he/she was born in another place, write the municipality where he/she was born; if the person does not know, write the department. If he/she was born outside of Paraguay, write the country.</p>
<p>Here [] / Other municipality ____
<br />Department ____
<br />Country ____
<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A410">8. Place of birth<br />If the person was born in this municipality (or district); or in any of its colonies or companies, etc., mark the box "here".<br /><br />If he/she was born in another municipality, note the name of this other municipality. If he/she does not remember, note the name of the department. If he/she was born in a foreign country, note the name of the country. (The boxes for answering questions 9 and 10 have the same design as number 8)<br /></svar></p>
<p>8. Where were you born?
<br />If he/she was born in this municipality (district), mark "here".
<br />If he/she was born in another place, write the municipality where he/she was born; if the person does not know, write the department. If he/she was born outside of Paraguay, write the country.</p>
<p>Here [] / Other municipality ____
<br />Department ____
<br />Country ____
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's department or country of birth. Department is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the Paraguay samples.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |