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1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999
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VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Ward or commune of residence 5 years ago (VN1999A_R5YRSWRD)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VN99A414 VN99A415 VN99A416 VN99A417 VN99A418 VN99A419 VN99A420 VN99A421"><span class="em">Persons born before 4/1994 (5 years old and over) answer the following questions:</span><br /><br /><span class="em">[Respond questions 8 to 12]</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A417">9. Was the above-recorded place a commune, a ward or district town?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Ward/District Town<br />[] 2 Commune<br />[] 9 Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Commune
2 Ward/town
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
<svar a="all" v="VN99A417"><span class="em">Question 9:</span> Was the above-recorded place of (name) a commune, a ward or district town?<br /><br />If name of the previous actual place of residence is a "ward" or "town", interviewers select code "1". If it is a "commune", interviewers select code "2". If respondent doesn't remember or doesn't know that the previous actual place of residence is a commune or ward or town, interviewers select code "9".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person was living in a ward or a commune residence 5 years before the census.
Universe
Vietnam 1999: Persons age 5+ migrated out of commune; not abroad [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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