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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 previous residence (BJ2013A_DEPTPREV)

Data file: BEN2013_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 264
End: 265
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Residents only</span>
<br />[Questions 13 to 16 were asked of residents]</p>

<p><span class="em">13. Location of previous residence - In which township did [the person] live (for a least 6 continuous months) before settling down here?</span><div class="i1">Write down department/township or country for abroad<br /><br /> _ _ Department<br /> _ _ Township</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 Foreign country
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 previous residence.
Universe
Benin 2013: Resident persons [discrepancies: none]

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