Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Type of place of previous residence (W_PREVRESTYP)
Data file: GHA2008-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
242
End:
243
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
103. Just before you moved here, did you live in a city, in a town, or in the countryside?
CITY 1
TOWN 2
COUNTRYSIDE 3
CITY 1
TOWN 2
COUNTRYSIDE 3
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 98 | Missing |
| 30 | Other or abroad |
| 20 | Town or countryside |
| 12 | Other city |
| 11 | Capital or other large city |
| 10 | City |
| 31 | Abroad |
| 21 | Town |
| 22 | Countryside |
| 32 | Separated camp |
| 33 | Tribal area |
| 34 | Informal settlement |
| 39 | Other, unspecified |
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.
Description
Definition
PREVRESTYP (V105) reports the type of place--city, town, countryside, or a site abroad--where the person lived just before moving to the current place of residence.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |