Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001

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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Province of birth, South Africa (BPLZA)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 122

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	Western Cape
02	Eastern Cape
03	Northern Cape
04	Free State
05	KwaZulu-Natal
06	North West
07	Gauteng
08	Mpumalanga
09	Limpopo
97	Foreign country
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

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Definition

BPLZA indicates the province in South Africa in which the person was born.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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