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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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Region of residence on census night (VN1999A_REGCENS)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 200
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="VN99A411 VN99A412 VN99A413">7. On the census night (31/3/1999), was (Name) present in this province, in another province or overseas?<br /><br />If he/she was present in other province, record the name of that province<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Same province<br />[] 2 Different province</div><br /><div class="i2">____ (Name of Province)<br />_ _ _</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3. Overseas</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 Red river delta
1 Northeast
2 Northwest
3 North central coast
4 South central coast
5 Central highlands
6 Southeast
7 Mekong river delta
8 Not reported
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="VN99A411 VN99A412 VN99A413"><span class="em">Question 7:</span> On the census night (3/31/1999), was (name) present in this province, in another province or overseas?<br /><br />Place of stay during the census night on March 31, 1999 is defined as name of province/city where respondent was present on the night of March 31, 1999. It is not necessarily the respondent's actual place of residence.<br /><br />If name of province/city where the respondent stays at the night of March 31, 1999 is the same with the name of province/city on the 1st page of the enumeration form, interviewers select code "1". If it is different from the name on the 1st page of the enumeration form, interviewers select code "2" and fill in name of that province/city in the given line and leave three code cells blank.<br /><br />If respondent is aboard on that night, interviewers select code "3".<br /><br />Note: If persons are traveling on the night of March 31, 1999, interviewers follow this rule:<br /><br /><div class="i1">If respondent is aboard a train, airplane or ship at the 24 hours of March 31, 1999, interviewers fill in name of province/city where that means of transportation is. If respondent doesn't know for sure where that means of transportation is at 24 hours of March 31, 1999, interviewers can fill in the name of province/city at departure as a place of stay at census night.<br /><br />For fisherman who is on their boat at the night of March 31: interviewers fill in province/city where the boat is registered or his house is located.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the region where the person was staying the day of the census.
Universe
Vietnam 1999: Persons outside of their home provinces on census night [discrepancies: none]

concept

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