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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Residential status (IQ1997A_0401)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
34. Residential status

[] 1 Resident present (permanent)
[] 2 Visitor present
[] 3 Absent (inside the country)
[] 4 Absent (outside the country)
[] 5 Prisoner
[] 6 Lost
Categories
Value Category
1 Resident present
2 Visitor present
3 Absent inside Iraq
4 Absent abroad
5 Prisoner
6 Lost
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
34. The residential status:
The residential person of a household who dwells permanently in the dwelling and present on the day of the census indicates the sign (x) in the square (1) opposite to the phrase (resident present) but if the person was present temporary on the day of the census (as guest) and he has other residential place indicated by the sign (x) in the square (2) opposite to the phrase (present visitor) but if the person is absent on the census day and he is a permanent resident person from the household the sign is put in the square (3) opposite to the phrase (absent inside Iraq). If the person is absent but he is outside Iraq the sign is put in the square number (4) opposite to the phrase (absent abroad). If one of the persons of a household is a prisoner the sign is put in the square opposite to the word (prisoner) but if the person is lost the sign is put in square (6) opposite to the word (lost). The status of prisoner or lost is appointed as it is informed formally by the government. The head of the household must be permanent resident or absent and he must not be visitor present or prisoner or lost.
Note: The persons mentioned below are numerated as permanent with their household on the census day and recorded in the questionnaire with their household and indicated in the square opposite to the phrase (permanent present):
1. The census staff, numerators, office supervisors, field supervisors, drivers, etc.
2. Individuals of army, police and security forces either enjoying a rotating holiday or help or still in their military units.
3. Persons who are absent from their household on census day because of their night jobs in their health establishments, hotels, boarding sections, prisoners, monasteries and the like. For example doctors, nurses, dresser, buildings guards, civil defense, firemen, etc.
4. The absent from their household on the census day because of their night jobs, an example for that the factory workers that have night work.
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5. The absent from their household because they work in aircrafts, trains on the census day, for example the captain and the hostess of the airplane and the train driver, etc.
6. The absent from their household because they work at sea on the census day such as merchants, sailors, the ships workers and fishermen.
7. The absent from their household because they are abroad and their arrivals to the country is expected during a week from the census day.
Note: Indicated to the students of the boarding section (this includes the residential unit that is rented by a group pf students for residence) and persons who dwells in hotels, rest house, prisoners in prisons and the like by the sign (x) in square (2) (present visitor) in the field (34) the residential status on the census day.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's residential status.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
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