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General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ethnic group (SN1988A_0429)

Data file: SEN1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P8. Ethnicity or nationality ________

For Senegalese, write the name of the ethnic group
For foreigners, write their nationality and skip to P11.
Categories
Value Category
1 Diola
2 Lebou
3 Mandinka
4 Pular
5 Sereer
6 Wolof
7 Other ethnicity
8 Other national
9 Unknown
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
P8) Ethnicity or nationality


Ask the following question: "What is your ethnic group?" if the person is Senegalese. Or, "What is your nationality" the person is a foreigner.

Record in plain words the ethnic group declared for the Senegalese, just above the coding box, in the empty space left for this.



Example: Wolof, Diola, etc.


For Senegalese who cannot determine their ethnic group, or for those who became Senegalese by naturalization, record "Other".

For foreigners, record the name of the country of origin.

Example: Guinea-Conakry, France, etc.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's ethnic group.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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