5th Census of Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 1992

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Reference ID

SLV_1992_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Department of birth (SV1992A_0437)

Data file: SLV1992-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 222

End: 223

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

V. Information on members of the household

1. All persons

8. Where were you born?

[] 1 Here
[] 2 In another part of the country:

Head town or canton _ _
Municipality _ _
Department _ _

[] 3 In another country:

Name of the country ______
Year of arrival in El Salvador _ _ _ _

Categories

Value	Category
1	Ahuachapan
2	Santa Ana
3	Sonsonate
4	Chalatenango
5	La Libertad
6	San Salvador
7	Cuscatlan
8	La Paz
9	Cabañas
10	San Vicente
11	Usulutan
12	San Miguel
13	Morazan
14	La Union
20	Another country

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

8. Birthplace
Where were you born?

"Here" will be filled in for those people who were born in the township or town where the interview takes place. For those who were born in another part of the country, the geographic location of their birth will be detailed exactly: the complete name of the township or town, municipality and department. For those who were born in another country, care should be taken to clearly record the complete name of the country of origin and at the same time write the year of arrival to El Salvador.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the department where the person was born.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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