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1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Canada, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Country of Citizenship (CA1981A_CITIZ)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 276
End: 276
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA81A446">24. Of what country are you a citizen?<br /><div class="i1">Mark as many boxes as apply.<br />[] Canada, by birth: Go to Question 26.<br />[] Canada, by naturalization<br />[] Same as country of birth (other than Canada): Go to Question 25.<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Canada only
2 Canada and other country(ies)
3 Country of Birth only (other than Canada)
4 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the legal citizenship status of the respondent. Persons who are citizens of more than one country were instructed to provide the name of the other country(ies).
Universe
Canada 1981: All persons, excluding inmates [discrepancies: none]

concept

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