1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980

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Reference ID

TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

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Number of persons who migrated to another country since 1980 and then returned permanently (TT1990A_RETLIVE)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 178

End: 178

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section 10. a. International migration

In this section we wish to know how many persons have left the country to live abroad since the last Census.

[Questions 46 - 49 were asked of the households that had members who left to live abroad during the last ten years, per question 45]

49. How many of those leaving have since returned to live here permanently? ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	1
2	2
3	3+
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.

Interviewer instructions

Characteristics of the dwelling unit 

Questions 46-49
 These questions are to be answered if the response to question 45 is "yes".

Question 49 
<div class="i1">Please enter the number of those who left the country and have since returned to live here permanently.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of persons who migrated to another country since 1980 and then returned permanently to Trinidad and Tobago.

Universe

Trinidad and Tobago 1990: Private households with members who migrated [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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