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Third Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2002
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Reference ID
BEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • BEN2002_PHC-P-H

Country of birth (BJ2002A_BPLCTRY)

Data file: BEN2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 239
End: 241
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home</p>

<p>(7) Place of birth ____</p>
<div class="i1">Write down department/township for Benin. And country for foreigners</div>
Categories
Value Category
100 Benin
201 Burkina-Faso
202 Niger
203 Nigeria
204 Togo
306 Cote d'Ivoire
308 Ghana
309 Guinea-Bissau
310 Guinea
311 Liberia
312 Mali
315 Senegal
419 Cameroon
420 Central African Republic
421 Republic of the Congo
422 Gabon
423 Rwanda
424 Democratic Republic of the Congo
425 Chad
549 Other African countries
659 Countries in the Americas
766 Lebanon
769 Other Asian countries
874 France
889 Other European countries
999 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.

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the country in which the person was born.
Universe
Benin 2002: All persons

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