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Third Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2002
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BEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
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Department of previous residence (BJ2002A_PREVDEPT)

Data file: BEN2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 260
End: 261
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home</p>

<p><span class="em">Residents only</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 12 - 15 were asked of residents only]</p>

<p>(13) Location of previous residence</p>
<div class="i1">Write down department/township for Benin___<br />And the country for locations abroad___</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Alibori
02 Atacora
03 Atlantique
04 Borgou
05 Collines
06 Couffo
07 Donga
08 Littoral
09 Mono
10 Oueme
11 Plateau
12 Zou
20 Outside Benin
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the department where the person lived before moving to their current township, or the department of current residence for persons who have lived in the same township since birth. Department is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in Beninese samples.
Universe
Benin 2002: Residents [discrepancies: none]

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