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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1986
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EGY_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason for moving from previous place of residence (EG1986A_WHYMOVE)

Data file: EGY1986_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 232
End: 232
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Individual data</span></p>

<p><span class="em">19. Previous residence prior to the present</span> ____</p>

<p><span class="em">20. Cause of changing previous residence</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Work<br />[] 2 Study<br />[] 3 Marriage<br />[] 4 Divorce/Widowed<br />[] 5 Accompanied<br />[] 6 Other<br />[] 7 No change</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 For work
2 For studies
3 For marriage
4 Due to divorce/widowhood
5 To accompany someone
6 Other
7 Same as the location in household record
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason why the person moved from his or her previous place of residence.
Universe
Egypt 1986: All persons

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