Fourth Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2013

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BEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS

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Sep 15, 2013

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Department of birth (BJ2013A_BPLDEPT)

Data file: BEN2013_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 235

End: 236

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">7. Place of birth - In what town was [the person] born?</span><div class="i1">________<br /><br />Write down the department, township, or country if the person was born 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	Abroad

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

Benin 2013: All persons

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