First Census of Canada 1871 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1871

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Reference ID

CAN_1871_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Migrant status -- region (CA1871A_HDREGOUT)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 323

End: 323

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA71A413">____ Birth Place</svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Migrated from region of birth
2	Migrated from North America neighbor
3	Migrated from outside
4	Living in region of birth

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.

Description

Definition

This variable is a constructed variable which gives one of the four possible migrant regions of a household head.

Universe

Canada 1871: All persons

concept

Concept

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