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Population Census 1982, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982
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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Birth place (parish in Jamaica) (JM1982A_BPLPAR)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 195
End: 196
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM82A401 JM82A402 JM82A403 JM82A404 JM82A405 JM82A406 JM82A407 JM82A408 JM82A409 JM82A410"><span class="em">Section 2: Characteristics</span><br />[All persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM82A407 JM82A408">12. Birthplace<br /><div class="i1">a. Parish in Jamaica:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Saint Elizabeth<br />[] Manchester<br />[] Clarendon<br />[] Saint Catherine<br />[] Kingston<br />[] Saint Andrew<br />[] Saint Thomas<br />[] Portland<br />[] Saint Mary<br />[] Saint Ann<br />[] Trelawney<br />[] Saint James<br />[] Hanover<br />[] Westmoreland<br />[] Not stated</div><br /><div class="i1">b. Foreign country:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Trinidad and Tobago<br />[] Guyana<br />[] Barbados<br />[] Belize<br />[] Other Commonwealth in the Caribbean<br />[] Cuba<br />[] Other West Indies country<br />[] United Kingdom<br />[] Canada<br />[] India<br />[] Other Commonwealth country<br />[] U.S.A.<br />[] Panama<br />[] Other Central American country<br />[] China<br />[] Not stated<br />[] Other country</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Kingston
02 Saint Andrew
03 Saint Thomas
04 Portland
05 Saint Mary
06 Saint Ann
07 Trelawny
08 Saint James
09 Hanover
10 Westmoreland
11 Saint Elizabeth
12 Manchester
13 Clarendon
14 Saint Catherine
98 Unknown
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the parish in Jamaica that the individual's mother was residing in when the individual was born.
Universe
Jamaica 1982: Persons born in Jamaica in private households and some group quarters [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.9%]

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