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 residence 5 years prior to the census (CH1990A_RES5YR)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 162

End: 162

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Same address, same community
2	Other address, same community
3	Other community, same canton
4	Other community, other canton
5	Other country
8	Unknown
9	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 if the person lived in the same community, cantor or country of residence as the current community, cantor or country of residence 5 years ago.

Universe

Switzerland 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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