Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996

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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS

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Migrant worker in household (MIGWKR)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 80

End: 80

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Migrant worker present in household
2	No migrant worker present
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.

Description

Definition

MIGWKR indicates whether any household members were migrant workers. A migrant worker was defined as "someone who is absent from home for more than a month each year to work or to seek work."

The variable was derived from a person-level question addressed to each individual.

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