National Census. Eighth Census of Population Fourth Census of Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005

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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Payments received by household from someone abroadin the last 12 months (NI2005A_0090)

Data file: NIC2005-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 224

End: 224

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. Did this household receive remittances from anyone outside the country during the past twelve months,?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (continue to section IV)

13. How often was money received and how much was received in dollars? (multiple answers [accepted])

[] 1 Weekly, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 2 Bi-weekly, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 3 Monthly, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 4 Bi-monthly, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 5 Tri-monthly, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 6 Every four months, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 7 Bi-annually, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 8 Annually, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 9 Other, US$_ _ _ _ _
[] 10 Does not know / does not respond

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

Remittances to the household

Definition

Remittance
This is money received by at least one member of the household from family members, friends, acquaintances, etc., who are living outside the country.

Question 12. Did this household receive remittances from anyone outside the country during the past 12 months?

Mark an "X" by the option stated by the informant.

If the answer is "No" go to section IV, "International emigration in the household".

Keep in mind that goods received from outside the country are not of interest, nor is help in cash or material goods from persons inside the country.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates this household received payments (remittances) from anyone outside the country in the last 12 months.

Universe

Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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