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The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 1994
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ETH_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency, IPUMS
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Urban status of place of previous residence (ET1994A_PREVURB)

Data file: ETH1994_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section III: Detailed particulars of household members</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Migration status</span></p>

<p>24. If [person]'s previous residence is urban, write town, if it was rural, write "rural."</p>
<div class="i1">Ask only for codes 0 - 7 in Column 23.</div>
Categories
Value Category
Rural
1 Urban
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 the person's urban status of place of previous residence. CAUTION: Information about this variable was not recorded for the Affar or Somali regions.
Universe
Ethiopia 1994: Persons who ever moved [discrepancies: none]

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