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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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Reference ID
ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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Region of birth (ZA2016A_BPLREG)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.2] Migration</span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you some questions on migration. Migration is the movement of people from one area/place to another.</p>

<p>[3.7.2.3] In which country was the respondent born?</p>
<div class="i1">[Note: No other countries were listed in the original form.]<br /><br />[] 1 Andorra<br />[] 2 United Arab Emirates<br />[] 3 Afghanistan<br />[] 4 Antigua and Barbuda<br />[] 5 Anguilla<br />[] 6 Albania<br />[] 7 Armenia<br />[] 8 Angola<br />[] 9 Antarctica<br />[] 10 Argentina<br />[] 11 American Samoa<br />[] 12 Austria<br />[] 13 Australia<br />[] 14 Aruba<br />[] 15 Aland Islands<br />[] 16 Azerbaijan<br />[] 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />[] 18 Barbados<br />[] 19 Bangladesh<br />[] 20 Belgium</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Born in South Africa
2 Southern African Development Community (SADC)
3 Rest of Africa
4 United Kingdom and Europe
5 Asia
6 North America
7 Latin America and Caribbean
8 Oceania
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's region of birth place.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All persons

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Concept
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