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Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1990
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ZMB_1990_CPHA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Central Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Agricultural Censuses
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  • ZMB1990-P-H

Urban/rural status of residence one year ago (ZM1990A_0415)

Data file: ZMB1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P-11 Where was [the respondent] staying in August last year?

State district if it is in Zambia and country if outside Zambia _ _ _
(Enter district name and 3-digit code from list of provinces and districts.)

Is this part of the district rural or urban?

[] 1-Rural
[] 2-Urban
[] 6-Not applicable (Outside Zambia or child less than 1 year old)
Categories
Value Category
1 Rural
2 Urban
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
P - 11 Where was [name] living 12 months ago? (i.e last August)
24. In this question you are to ask the respondent his place (district) of residence 12 months ago and whether that place was an urban or a rural area. This is not over the duration of the last 12 months; rather it is about this time 12 months back, i.e in August the previous year.

25. Write the name of the district in which this person was residing 12 months ago and then enter the appropriate code in the boxes provided. This can either be the district where he is now residing or another district. In case the person lived outside Zambia 12 months ago, write the name of the country where he was residing at that time and then enter the appropriate country code. For infants born less than 12 months ago, enter 888 in the boxes.

26. Find out whether the place where the person was living 12 month, ago was a rural or an urban area. Enter code -1' for rural or code '2' for urban area. The list of urban areas and townships is given in Appendix 3 on page 89. For infants born less than 12 months ago and for those who were living outside Zambia at that time enter 8 in the box provided..

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27. If a person is not sure of the district, then ask him the name of the Chief in whose area he was/is living. From this information you can find out the name of the district (see Appendix 2 on page 79).

28. If a person seems uncertain about the period "12 months ago" then ask the question "Where was living this time last year?"

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the urban or rural status of the person's place of residence one year ago.
Universe
Persons age 1+ living in Zambia one year ago

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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