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General Census of the Population and Habitat 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Togo, 2010
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Reference ID
TGO_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics (INSEED), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • TGO2010_PHC-H-H.dat
  • TGO2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Region of birth (TG2010A_BPLREG)

Data file: TGO2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Columns P01 to P10B were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>(P07) Place of birth ____ _ _ _</p>
<div class="i1">Record on the dotted lines the name of the locality, the canton, and the prefecture or sub-prefecture or record the name of the country for all those born outside of Togo.</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 Lome
1 Maritime
2 Plateaux
3 Centrale
4 Kara
5 Savanes
7 Foreign born
9 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="h3">A- Sociodemographic characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Column P07: Place of birth</span></p>

<p>Pose the following question: "In what locality was [the respondent] born?"</p>

<p>Make sure you note on the dotted lines of the first line the name of the locality declared (or read on a document). Then record on the dotted lines of the second line the name of the canton to which the locality is attached and on the dotted lines of the third line the name of the prefecture to which it belongs.</p>

<p>Example:
<br />Ama declares being born in the Amégnran locality, in the canton of Dzrékpo located in the prefecture of Vo. Record Amégnran on the dotted lines of the first line, then Dzrékpo on the dotted lines of the second line, and then Vo on the dotted lines of the third line.</p>

<p><span class="ital">NB 17: For persons born in the Lomé municipality, find out the neighborhood in which they were born. Record the name of the neighborhood on the dotted lines of the first line. The arrondissement to which the neighborhood is attacked will be recorded on the second line of dotted lines, and "Lomé municipality" on the third line of dotted lines.</span></p>

<p>Example:
<br />Norbert declares being born in the Nyékonakpoè neighborhood in the 4th arrondissement of the city of Lomé. Record Nyékonakpoè on the dotted lines of the first line, 4th arrondissement and Lomé municipality respectively on the dotted lines of the second and third line.</p>

<p><span class="ital">NB 18: For those born outside of Togo, record only the name of the country of birth on the dotted lines.</span></p>

<p>Example: Ghana for someone born in Kpando (a town in Ghana).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's region of birth.
Universe
Togo 2010: All persons

concept

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