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Population Census Jamaica 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982
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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Year of immigration (JM1982A_0414)

Data file: JAM1982-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 187
End: 188
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section 3: Migration
[All persons]



18. Year of immigration:

[This question was asked of foreign-born persons]
[] Before 1960
[] 1960-69
[] 1970-72
[] 1973-75
[] 1976
[] 1977
[] 1978
[] 1979
[] 1980
[] Not stated
Categories
Value Category
1 Before 1960
2 1960-69
3 1970-72
4 1973-75
5 1976
6 1977
7 1978
8 1979
9 1980 or after
98 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
Section 3 - Migration

5.29 General
Questions 15 to 18 deal with the movement of persons from parish to parish and into Jamaica. Questions 15 to 17 apply to all individuals, local or foreign born, while Question 18 relates to persons born abroad only.



5.33 Question 18 - Year of Immigration

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This question is to be addressed only to persons born outside of Jamaica (see Question 12 (b)) and relates to the time when the individual first came to live in Jamaica.
If the year stated is 1959 or some year before that, mark before 1960. If the year is 1960 or some year up to and including 1969 mark the response position 1960-69, and so on. For persons coming to live in the island after 1980, mark 1980.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the year during which the individual first came to live in Jamaica.
Universe
Persons not born in Jamaica

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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