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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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Reason for changing place of residence (IQ1997A_0433)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 245
End: 246
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Residential status


55. Residential period in the recent place of residency


[] 1 From birth
[] 2 Less than a year
[] 3 One year or more ____


Previous place of residence:


56. Governorate or abroad


[] 1 In this governorate ____
[] 2 Abroad ____



57. Administrative unit


[] 1 Urban
[] 2 Rural



58. Reason for changing the place of residency


[] 1 Job
[] 2 Transfer of posting
[] 3 Appointment
[] 4 War
[] 5 Marriage or divorce or windowed
[] 6 Study or finishing studies
[] 7 Accompanying family
[] 8 To get a better living
[] 9 Other
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Job
2 Transfer or posting
3 Appointment
4 War
5 Marriage or divorce or widowed
6 Study or finishing study
7 Accompanying family
8 Better living
9 Others
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
(The fields 55-58 are specialized for residency and they are recorded for all population)



Note: The fields (56-60) are not filled for the persons dwell in the recent residential period from birth and the sign (x) in the square opposite to the phrase (from birth) in the field 55 (the residential period in the recent residential place).



58. Reason of changing the place of residence:
If the reason of changing the place of the person's residence to the place of his recent residence because of work indicated by the sign (x) in the square opposite to the word (job) but if it is because of transfer or posting indicated by the sign (x) in the square opposite to the phrase (transfer or posting) but if the reason is appointment the sign (x) is indicated in the square opposite to the word (appointment) and so on.
Note: The changing in the place of residence within the one city or the one village is not counted as changing the place of residence even the city of Baghdad.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason to why the person moved from their previous place of residence.
Universe
Persons who have not lived in the present residential place from birth

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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