Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012

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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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District of previous residence, Suriname; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_P_SR)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 151

End: 156

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
740001	Paramaribo
740002	Wanica
740003	Nickerie
740005	Saramacca, Coronie
740006	Marowijne, Commewijne
740008	Brokopondo, Para
740010	Sipaliwini
740096	Suriname, district unknown
740097	Foreign
740098	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.

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Definition

MIG1_P_SR indicates the person's department of previous residence within Suriname. The migration could have occurred at any time in the past.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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