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Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996 - 2996
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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Residential status (LS1996A_STATUS)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. For all persons </span></p>

<p>2. What is (the respondent's) residential statue?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Present<br />[] 2 Visitor<br />[] 3 Member elsewhere in Lesotho<br />[] 4 Member in Republic of South Africa<br />[] 5 Outside Lesotho and Republic of South Africa</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Present
2 Visitor
3 Member elsewhere in Lesotho
4 Member in South Africa
5 Outside Lesotho or South Africa
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
<span class="h3">2. Part B of questionnaire</span>
<br />(Questionnaire concerning the individual members of the household) the questions are marked by numbers to be read from left to right.</p>

<p>The first two columns must be completed before entries are made anywhere else in the questionnaire.</p>

<p>107. Column 2: Present or absent
<br />Members of the household and visitors are present if they spent the census night in the household. This includes members who ought to have slept in the household and were away on night duty such as nurses, night watchmen etc. or at a wake.
<br />Absent members are those who did not spent the night in the household. These are usual members who were elsewhere in Lesotho, in the RSA or outside Lesotho and RSA.
<br />For a member of the household please refer to paragraph 70.
<br />Please code according to list.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the residential status of the person.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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