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General Census of Population and Housing 1979 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1979
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BEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
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Data file: BEN1979_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 331883
Variables: 64

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
MOMLOC
Mother's location in household
POPLOC
Father's location in household
SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
PARRULE
Rule for linking parent
SPRULE
Rule for linking spouse
STEPMOM
Probable stepmother
STEPPOP
Probable stepfather
POLYMAL
Man with more than one wife linked
POLY2ND
Woman is second or higher order wife
FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
NCHILD
Number of own children in household
NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
AGE
Age
AGE2
Age, grouped into intervals
SEX
Sex
MARST
Marital status [general version]
MARSTD
Marital status [detailed version]
POLYGAM
Polygamous union
CITIZEN
Citizenship
BPLBJ1
Department of birth, Benin
BPLBJ2
Commune of birth, Benin
ETHNICBJ
Ethnicity, Benin
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
EDUCBJ
Educational attainment, Benin
EMPSTAT
Activity status (employment status) [general version]
EMPSTATD
Activity status (employment status) [detailed version]
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC
Occupation, unrecoded
INDGEN
Industry, general recode
IND
Industry, unrecoded
CLASSWK
Status in employment (class of worker) [general version]
CLASSWKD
Status in employment (class of worker) [detailed version]
MIGRATEP
Migration status, previous residence
GEOMIG1_P
1st subnational geographic level of previous residence, world [consistent boundaries over time]
MIGYRS1
Years residing in current locality
MIG1_P_BJ
Department of previous residence, Benin; consistent boundaries, GIS
MIG2_P_BJ
Commune of previous residence, Benin; consistent boundaries, GIS
DISEMP
Employment disability
BJ1979A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
BJ1979A_RELATE
Relationship to household head
BJ1979A_SEX
Sex
BJ1979A_AGE
Age
BJ1979A_BPLPROV
Province of birth
BJ1979A_BPLDIST
District of birth
BJ1979A_RESDUR
Duration of residence
BJ1979A_PROVPREV2
Province of previous residence
BJ1979A_DISTPREV
District of previous residence
BJ1979A_MARST
Marital status
BJ1979A_NATION
Ethnicity or nationality
BJ1979A_EDATTAIN
Educational attainment
BJ1979A_ACTIVITY
Type of activity (last month)
BJ1979A_OCC
Occupation (2-digits)
BJ1979A_IND
Industry (1-digit)
BJ1979A_CLASSWK
Class of worker
Total: 64
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