2011 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Iran, 2011

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Reference ID

IRN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistical Center of Iran, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Previous residence (IR2011A_RESPREV)

Data file: IRN2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3">Questions 10-16 for those whose residence status is present or temporarily absent</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons who answered yes to question 11</span>
<br />12. Length of residence in the same city or village in full years _ _</p>

<p>14. Previous residence</p>
<div class="i1">Elsewhere in the same <span class="lang">Shahrestan</span> (sub-province)</div><div class="i2">[] 1 City<br />[] 2 Village</div><div class="i1">Another <span class="lang">Shahrestan</span> (sub-province)</div><div class="i2">[] 3 City<br />[] 4 Village<br />[] 5 Abroad</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Different city within the same sub-province
2	Different village within the same sub-province
3	Different city in a different sub-province
4	Different village in a different sub-province
5	Abroad
6	Different sub-province, unknown if city or village
7	Changed settlement or residence, from unknown location in Iran
8	Unknown
9	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 location of a person's previous residence.

Universe

Iran 2011: Persons who changed city or settlement of residence [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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