Swiss Federal Population Census of 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1980

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Reference ID

CHE_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Place of birth (CH1980A_BPL)

Data file: CHE1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 163

End: 163

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CH80A403">8. Place of birth<br />Persons born in hospital indicate the parents' or the mother's residence at that time<br /><div class="i1">[] Above-listed census municipality<br />[] Other municipality of this Canton<br />[] Other Canton<br />[] Abroad<br />[] Switzerland, no other information</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Same municipality, same canton
2	Other municipality, same canton
3	Other municipality, other canton
4	Other 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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the place of birth of the person is the same as the current residence.

Universe

Switzerland 1980: All persons

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Concept

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