Housing, Economic, Demographic Characteristics survey (H.E.D), 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1973

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PAK_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Population Census Organization, IPUMS

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Province of residence 8 years ago, Pakistan; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_8_PK)

Data file: PAK1973_PHC-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 160

End: 165

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
000000	NIU (not in universe)
586001	North-West Frontier Province
586002	Fata
586003	Punjab, Islamabad
586004	Sind
586005	Baluchistan
586007	Northern areas
586008	Kashmir
586097	Abroad
586098	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

MIG1_8_PK indicates the person's province of residence within Pakistan in September 1965 (eight calendar years before the census).

NOTE: The variable includes categories for disputed regions. East Pakistan, which was part of Pakistan at the time of migration, but was the independent country of Bangladesh at the time of the census is coded as "Abroad" in this integrated version of the variable. Consult the source variable (PK1973A_0429) for further detail.

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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