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Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990
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CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Community, canton or country of birth (CH1990A_BPL)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CH90A403 CH90A407"><span class="em">1. Date and place of residence at time of birth</span><br /><div class="i1">Day _ _<br />Month _ _<br />Year _ _ _ _<br /><br />Place of residence at time of birth: ____<br /><br />Canton resp. foreign country: ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Same community, same canton
2 Other community, same canton
3 Other community, other canton
4 Other country
8 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
This variable indicates if the person's community, canton or country of birth is the same as the current community, canton or country of residence.
Universe
Switzerland 1990: All persons

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