Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset
Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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- PRY1992_PHC-H-H.dat
- PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat
Department or country of birth (PY1992A_BPL2)
Data file: PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
203
End:
204
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section IV. Population information</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A411 PY92A412 PY92A413 PY92A414">7. Where were you born? <br /><div class="i1">(Place where the mother was living at the time of the enumerated person's birth) <br />Mark "here" if born in this place, if not, mark "other place" and write the name of the district and the department. If born abroad, write the name of the country and the year of arrival as a permanent resident in Paraguay. (If a tourist, write 98 in "year of arrival")<br /><br />[] 1 Here<br />[] 6 Other place</div><br /><div class="i2">____ District<br />____ Department or country<br />_ _ Year of arrival</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A411 PY92A412 PY92A413 PY92A414">7. Where were you born? <br /><div class="i1">(Place where the mother was living at the time of the enumerated person's birth) <br />Mark "here" if born in this place, if not, mark "other place" and write the name of the district and the department. If born abroad, write the name of the country and the year of arrival as a permanent resident in Paraguay. (If a tourist, write 98 in "year of arrival")<br /><br />[] 1 Here<br />[] 6 Other place</div><br /><div class="i2">____ District<br />____ Department or country<br />_ _ Year of arrival</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 | Canindeyú |
| 15 | Presidente Hayes |
| 16 | Boquerón |
| 17 | Alto Paraguay |
| 20 | Argentina |
| 21 | Bolivia |
| 22 | Brazil |
| 24 | Chile |
| 28 | Peru |
| 31 | Uruguay |
| 33 | Canada |
| 34 | United States |
| 35 | Mexico |
| 50 | Other Americas |
| 51 | Germany |
| 56 | Spain |
| 57 | France |
| 61 | Italy |
| 63 | Poland |
| 65 | Russia |
| 67 | Switzerland |
| 71 | Other Europe |
| 73 | Korea |
| 74 | China |
| 81 | Japan |
| 83 | Lebanon |
| 88 | Other Asia |
| 90 | Africa |
| 97 | Other foreign country |
| 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
Question 7: Where was he/she born?</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A411 PY92A412 PY92A413 PY92A414">This refers to the place where the mother of the person being enumerated lived when the person being enumerated was born. You should not confuse the geographic location, for example, the hospital, the maternity hospital, or another place where the mother went to give birth to her child.<br /><br />7. Where was he/she born?<br /><div class="i1">(The place where the mother lived when the person being enumerated was born. Mark "here" if he/she was born in this place, if not, mark "other place", and write the name of the district and the department. If he/she was born in another country, write the name of the country and year of arrival in Paraguay to stay here. If he/she is a tourist, write 98 for "year of arrival".)<br /><br />[x] 1 Here<br />[] 6 Other place<br />District ____<br />Department or country ____<br />Year of arrival [ _ _ ]</div><br /><br />Example: If he/she was born in the National Maternity [hospital] and his/her mother lived in San Lorenzo, you should consider that the place of birth is San Lorenzo and not Asunción.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[page] 27</span><br /><br />Mark "here" if he/she was born in the place where you are enumerating, without noting district or department. If it is not the case, mark "another place" and write the name of the district and the department in the blank spaces.<br /><br />If he/she was born in another country, write the country and the year of arrival to stay in Paraguay. If he/she is a tourist, write the country of origin and as year of arrival, write 98.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A411 PY92A412 PY92A413 PY92A414">This refers to the place where the mother of the person being enumerated lived when the person being enumerated was born. You should not confuse the geographic location, for example, the hospital, the maternity hospital, or another place where the mother went to give birth to her child.<br /><br />7. Where was he/she born?<br /><div class="i1">(The place where the mother lived when the person being enumerated was born. Mark "here" if he/she was born in this place, if not, mark "other place", and write the name of the district and the department. If he/she was born in another country, write the name of the country and year of arrival in Paraguay to stay here. If he/she is a tourist, write 98 for "year of arrival".)<br /><br />[x] 1 Here<br />[] 6 Other place<br />District ____<br />Department or country ____<br />Year of arrival [ _ _ ]</div><br /><br />Example: If he/she was born in the National Maternity [hospital] and his/her mother lived in San Lorenzo, you should consider that the place of birth is San Lorenzo and not Asunción.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[page] 27</span><br /><br />Mark "here" if he/she was born in the place where you are enumerating, without noting district or department. If it is not the case, mark "another place" and write the name of the district and the department in the blank spaces.<br /><br />If he/she was born in another country, write the country and the year of arrival to stay in Paraguay. If he/she is a tourist, write the country of origin and as year of arrival, write 98.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable identifies the person’s department or country of birth.
Universe
Paraguay 1992: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |