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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Year arrived in country (DO2002A_ARRYR)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 228
End: 231
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
31. Where was [the respondent] born?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Here, in this municipality<br />[] 2 In another municipality <br />[] 3 Abroad</div><div class="i2">If [the respondent] was born in another municipality, write the name of the municipality. If [the respondent] was born abroad, write the name of the country<br />____<br /><br />If born abroad, indicate year of arrival in the Dominican Republic (Skip to question 34)<br />_ _ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
1992 Prior to 1992
1993 1993
1994 1994
1995 1995
1996 1996
1997 1997
1998 1998
1999 1999
2000 2000
2001 2001
2002 2002
9998 Unknown
9999 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Question 31: Where was (NAME) born?</span></p>

<p>For the purpose of the census, the place where a person was born is the place where the mother of that person lived when she gave birth, even if the person was born in a hospital, clinic or house outside of the mother's house during that time. </p>

<p>There are three (3) possible options for this question:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">Here</span>, in this Municipality. In case that the person was born in the same municipality in which he/she is being surveyed. After choosing this option skip to question 32.<br /><span class="em">In other</span> Municipality, in the case that the person was born in a different municipality than the one he/she is being surveyed. In this case you should ask: <br />The name of the municipality or municipal district in which the person was born, and then record it in the corresponding boxes. <br /><span class="em">Abroad</span>, if the person was born in a different country. In this case you should ask:</div><div class="i2">a) The name of the country in which the person was born, and then record it in the corresponding boxes.<br />b) The year that the person arrived to the Dominican Republic, record it in the corresponding boxes and then skip to question 34.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the year that a person arrived in the country.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Persons foreign born [disprepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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