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IX National Population and Housing Census, 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010
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DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Province of birth (DO2010A_BPLPROV)

Data file: DOM2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 219
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section VI - Personal characteristics</span></p>

<p>31. In which municipality of the Dominican Republic was [the respondent] born?</p>
<div class="i1">____ (Skip to question 34)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Federal District
02 Azua
03 Baoruco
04 Barahona
05 Dajabón
06 Duarte
07 Elías Piña
08 El Seibo
09 Espaillat
10 Independencia
11 La Altagracia
12 La Romana
13 La Vega
14 María Trinidad Sánchez
15 Monte Cristi
16 Pedernales
17 Peravia
18 Puerto Plata
19 Hermanas Mirabal
20 Samaná
21 San Cristóbal
22 San Juan
23 San Pedro de Macorís
24 Sánchez Ramírez
25 Santiago
26 Santiago Rodríguez
27 Valverde
28 Monseñor Nouel
29 Monte Plata
30 Hato Mayor
31 San José de Ocoa
32 Santo Domingo
98 Foreign born
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
<span class="em">Question 30</span>. Where was [the respondent] born?
<br />For census purposes, a person's place of birth refers to the place in which the mother of that person lived when he/she was born, even if the person was born in a hospital, clinic or house outside of the mother's residence.
<br />This question has three possible answers: </p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>If the person replies that he/she was born here, in this municipality, fill in code 1 and then skip to question 34.</li>

<li>If the person replies that he/she was born in another municipality, fill in code 2 and continue with question 31. </li>

<li>If the person replies that he/she was born abroad, fill in code 3 and then skip to question 32.</li>
</ul><ul class="b2">
<li>For example: If the informant replies that Manuel was born in La Vega Hospital and her mother lived in Cotui, then Manuel's place of birth is the municipality of Cotui.</li>
</ul>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person’s province of birth.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2010: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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