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Censo de Población y Viviendas 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1962
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Reference ID
PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Department of birth (PY1962A_0417)

Data file: PRY1962-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 144
End: 145
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
General characteristics

For individuals of all ages



6. Place of birth:

If born in Paraguay, write the name of the district of birth. If born abroad write the name of the country.

____ District or country
Categories
Value Category
0 Asunción
1 Concepción
2 San Pedro
3 Cordillera
4 Guairá
5 Caaguazú
6 Caazapá
7 Itapua
8 Misiones
9 Paraguarí
10 Alto Paraná
11 Central
12 Ñeembucú
13 Amambay
14 Presidente Hayes
15 Boquerón
16 Olimpo
90 Foreign country
99 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
Item VI: Place of birth

136 - For those born in the country, annotate the name of the district of birth.

137 - For those born outside the country, annotate the name of the country of birth, in accordance with the borders and denominations of that country on the census day.

138 - If the person does not know or has doubts over the name of their country on the census day, annotate the name of the country as of the date of birth of the person, but in this case make note of it in the "observations" section.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's department or country of birth. Department is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the Paraguay samples.
Universe
All persons

concept

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