National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012

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Reference ID

BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Department of birth (BO2012A_BPLDEPT)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 229

End: 230

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3">F1. For all people</span></p>

<p>32. Where were you born?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Here [Go to question 33]<br />[] 2 Elsewhere in this country</div><div class="i2">____ City or community <br />____ Municipality<br />____ Department</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Abroad</div><div class="i2">Name of country ____<br />Year of arrival in Bolivia _ _ _ _</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Chuquisaca
02	La Paz
03	Cochabamba
04	Oruro
05	Potosi
06	Tarija
07	Santa Cruz
08	Beni
09	Pando
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.

Interviewer instructions

<span class="h2">Chapter F. The person's main characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">F1. For all people</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Internal migration and international immigration</span>
<br />Internal migration refers to people's migratory movements within the country's borders. International immigration refers to immigration from other countries to Bolivia.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's department of birth.

Universe

Bolivia 2012: Persons born in Bolivia [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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