General Population Census of 1968 - IPUMS Subset
France, 1968
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Reference ID
FRA_1968_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Dec 22, 2014
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- FRA1968_PHC-H-H.dat
- FRA1968_PHC-P-H.dat
Region of birth (FR1968A_BPLREG)
Data file: FRA1968_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
200
End:
201
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="FR68A412 FR68A413 FR68A415 FR68A431"><span class="h3">4. Date and place of birth</span><br /><div class="i1">Born on (day, month, year) ____<br />in city (for Paris, Lyon, Marseille, include the city neighborhood ____<br />Department (or country for territories overseas and for foreigners) ____<br />If you were born in a overseas territory or abroad, specify the year of your arrival in France. ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Born outside of Metropolitan France |
| 11 | Parisian region |
| 21 | Champagne |
| 22 | Picardie |
| 23 | Haute-Normandie |
| 24 | Centre |
| 25 | Basse-Normandie |
| 26 | Bourgogne |
| 31 | Nord |
| 41 | Lorraine |
| 42 | Alsace |
| 43 | Franche-Comte |
| 52 | Pays de la Loire |
| 53 | Bretagne |
| 54 | Poitou-Charentes |
| 72 | Aquitaine |
| 73 | Midi Pyrenees |
| 74 | Limousin |
| 82 | Rhone-Alpes |
| 83 | Auvergne |
| 91 | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| 93 | Provence Cote d'Azur |
| 94 | Corsica |
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
<svar a="all" v="FR68A412 FR68A415 FR68A431"><span class="h3">5.6.1 Question 4: Date and place of birth.</span><br />Make sure, while collecting the completed forms, that the people born outside of Metropolitan France have clearly indicated the year of their arrival in France.<br />In the case of people who have come to live in France many times, it is necessary to indicate the year of the first time they lived in Metropolitan France.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's French region of birth.
Universe
France 1968: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |