Census of Canada 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991

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Reference ID

CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Immigrant status (CA1991A_0416)

Data file: CAN1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13. Is this person now, or has this person ever been, a landed immigrant?

[] No -- go to Question 15
[] Yes -- continue with Question 14

Categories

Value	Category
1	Permanent residents (non-immigrants)
2	Permanent residents (immigrants)
3	Non-permanent residents
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.

Interviewer instructions

Question 13: Landed immigrant

A landed immigrant is a person who is not a Canadian citizen by birth, but who has been granted the right to live here permanently by Canadian immigration authorities.
For persons who are: Canadian citizens by birth, student authorization holders, employment authorization holders, refugee claimants and ministerial permit holders, answer No to this question.

Description

Definition

This variable classifies the population according to whether they are non-immigrants, immigrants or non-permanent residents.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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