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National Census of Population and Housing in 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 2002
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POL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office of Poland, IPUMS
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Reason for absence or temporary stay (PL2002A_RESIDREAS)

Data file: POL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 252
End: 252
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">6. What is the reason of your absence or staying?</span><div class="i1">If the answer is: 1 in the question 5 and 4 or 5 in question 4 - finish enumeration of this person<br /><br />[] 1 Education <br />[] 2 Work<br />[] 3 Family reasons <br />[] 4 Treatment, convalescence<br />[] 5 Living conditions <br />[] 6 Living in health care institution (for child or adult)<br />[] 7 Other (military)<br />[] 8 Refugee (for foreigners) <br />[] 9 Other reasons (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Education
2 Work
3 Family reasons
4 Treatment or convalescence
5 Living conditions
6 Living in health care institution (for children or adult)
7 Military service or imprisoned
8 Other reasons
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 person’s reason for being absent during the enumeration period.
Universe
Poland 2002: Persons who are permanently absent or temporarily staying for more than 2 months [discrepancies: none]

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