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National Population and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1991
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ARG_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Place of birth (AR1991A_0409)

Data file: ARG1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 1-10 were asked of all persons.]




7. Where he or she was born?

[] In this province
[] In another province in Argentina: Province (consider the Federal Capital as a province) ____
[] In Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, or Uruguay


Name of the country ____
Year of arrival in Argentina (if before 1900, write 00) 19_ _
[] Unanswered


[] In another country


Name of the country ____
Year of arrival in Argentina (if before 1900, write 00) 19_ _
[] Unanswered


[] Unanswered
Categories
Value Category
1 This province
2 Another province
3 Neighboring country
4 Other country
8 Unknown
9 No response
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
Questions 5, 6 and 7 permit us to study migrations.




7. Where was he or she born?




Important : We fill out the information completely and with details about Locality, Department, Province or foreign Country. In locality of administrative area we do not register names of neighborhoods. No line should be left blank. If something is not known we write: Not known. We register as year of arrival in Argentina the last entrance to the country.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's place of birth.

The sample lacks data for this and several other variables for roughly half the cases. Users should apply the alternative weight variable AR91A434 when using one of these variables.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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