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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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Reference ID
BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Jul 30, 2025
Last modified
Aug 01, 2025
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  • BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BWA1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Number of person records in the household (PERSONS)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 30
End: 33
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
PERSONS indicates how many person records are included in the household (i.e., the number of person records associated with the household record in the sample). These person records will all have the same serial number (SERIAL) as the household record. The information contained in the household record will normally apply to all of these persons.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Technical Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
PERSONS is a 4-digit numeric variable.
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