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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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District or country of previous residence (SR2012A_DISTPREV)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 238
End: 239
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Residence and migration</span>
<br />[Questions P12a to P14 were asked of persons who were born outside Suriname.]</p>

<p>P14. What was this person's previous place of residence?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 This address<br />[] 2 Other address in this district<br />[] 3 Other district, please specify what district ____<br />[] 4 In Suriname<br />[] 13 Netherlands<br />[] 14 Guyana<br />[] 15 Brazil<br />[] 16 China<br />[] 17 Other. Abroad<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response<br /><br />[If answer 13 - 17, go to question P19.]</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Paramaribo
02 Wanica
03 Nickerie
04 Coronie
05 Saramacca
06 Commewijne
07 Marowijne
08 Para
09 Brokopondo
10 Sipaliwini
11 Suriname, district unknown
13 Netherlands
14 Guyana
15 Brazil
16 China
17 Other foreign country
99 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 district or country of previous residence. District is the largest-scale geographic unit in Suriname.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All persons

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