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6th Census of Population - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 2007
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SLV_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Department of birth (SV2007A_BTHDEPT)

Data file: SLV2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 310
End: 311
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="SV07A419 SV07A420 SV07A421 SV07A422 SV07A423 SV07A470 SV07A471 SV07A472 SV07A473">7. Where was your mother living when you were born?<br /><div class="i1">A) In this municipal capital [<span class="lang">cabecera municipal</span>] or canton (go to question 8)<br />B) Someplace else in this country</div><br /><div class="i2">Municipal capital or canton ________________<br />Municipality ________________<br />Department ________________</div><br /><div class="i1">C) In another country</div><br /><div class="i2">Name of country______________<br />Year of arrival in El Salvador /_/_/_/_/</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Ahuachapán
02 Santa Ana
03 Sonsonate
04 Chalatenango
05 La Libertad
06 San Salvador
07 Cuscatlán
08 La Paz
09 Cabañas
10 San Vicente
11 Usulután
12 San Miguel
13 Morazán
14 La Unión
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's department of birth.
Universe
El Salvador 2007: Persons who were born in another place within El Salvador [discrepancies: none]

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