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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2011
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TTO_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ethnic group (TT2011A_ETHNIC)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 197
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 1: Characteristics - For all persons</span></p>

<p>5. Ethnic group</p>
<div class="i1">To which ethnic group does (N) [the respondent] belong?<br /><br />[] 01 African (A)<br />[] 02 Caucasian (Ca)<br />[] 03 Chinese (Ch)<br />[] 04 East Indian (EI)<br />[] 05 Indigenous (I)<br />[] 06 Mixed - African and East Indian (M-A and EI)<br />[] 07 Mixed - Other (MO)<br />[] 08 Portuguese (P)<br />[] 09 Syrian/Lebanese (S/L)<br />[] 77 Other ethnic group (OEG)<br />[] 99 Not stated (NS)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 African
02 Caucasian
03 Chinese
04 East Indian
05 Indigenous
06 Mixed, African and East Indian
07 Mixed, other
08 Portuguese
09 Syrian or Lebanese
10 Other ethnic group
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 1 - Characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">1.6. Ethnic group</span></p>

<p>Broadly defined, ethnicity pertains to people of the same race sharing a common history and distinctive cultural characteristics. This is the ethnic group to which the respondent says he/she or other members of the household belong.</p>

<p>Indigenous refers to people of Amerindian descent, commonly known as Caribs and Arawaks.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's ethnicity.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Persons in private households or institutions [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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