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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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Ethnicity (SR2012A_ETHNIC)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 184
End: 185
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><span class="h2">All persons in the household</span>
<br />[Questions P01a to P06c were asked of all persons in the household.]</p>

<p>P08. What ethnic group does this person say they are?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Native / indigenous<br />[] 2 Maroon<br />[] 3 Creole<br />[] 4 Afro-Surinamese<br />[] 5 Hindustani<br />[] 6 Javanese<br />[] 7 Chinese<br />[] 8 Caucasian / white<br />[] 9 Mixed</div><div class="i2">If code 9, enter ethnicity of father and mother<br />_ _ Ethnicity of father<br />_ _ Ethnicity of mother</div><div class="i1">[] 10 Other<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response<br /><br />[If answer 1 or 2, go to question P09. Elsewise, go to P10.]</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Native or indigenous
02 Maroon
03 Creole
04 Afro-Surinamese
05 Hindustani
06 Javanese
07 Chinese
08 Caucasian or white
09 Mixed
10 Other
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 ethnicity of the person.
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Suriname 2012: All persons

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