1996 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Fiji, 1996

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FJI_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Fiji Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Ethnicity (FJ1996A_ETHNIC)

Data file: FJI1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 210

End: 210

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="FJ96A400 FJ96A401 FJ96A402 FJ96A403 FJ96A404 FJ96A405 FJ96A406 FJ96A407 FJ96A408 FJ96A409 FJ96A410 FJ96A413 FJ96A414 FJ96A415">For all persons [Questions D1-D10 were asked of all persons.] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="FJ96A407">D5. Ethnic group Chinese, European, Fijian, Indian, part European, Rotuman, Tongan, etc. ______ </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Fijian
2	Indian
3	Chinese
4	European
5	Part European
6	Rotuman
7	Other Pacific Islander
8	All others

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

<svar a="all" v="FJ96A407">Question D5 - Ethnic group 95. Ask, 'Is this person Chinese, European, Fijian, Indian, Part-European, Rotuman, Banaban, Samoan, Tongan, etc?' [p.18] 96. Record the group or race to which the person considers he or she belongs. If there is any doubt as to the person's racial origin, record the father's. 97. You may write 'F' for Fijian and 'I' for Indian. Write other groups/races in full. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's ethnicity.

Universe

Fiji 1996: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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