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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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Duration of residence (years) (MW2008A_0417)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 211
Width: 3
Range: 0 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P9-P13 were asked of usual residents]




P12. How long has [the respondent] been living continuously in his/her current place of residence? _ _ _

Record "000" if younger than 1 year
Record his/her age if the residence has not changed since birth
Categories
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99 More than 98 years
999 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
Questions for usual members of households
Questions P09 to P013 should only be asked to the usual members of that household.




P12. Duration on current place of residence
Ask for the duration of residence in the current place of where the respondent is currently staying. If it is less than 1 year, record and shade 0 in three rows of digits. If he/she has been staying in the place for 5 years, code "005" and then shade 0 in the first row of digits, 0 in the second row and 5 in the third row. If the place of residence has not changed since birth, record his/her age.

Note: P12 refers to inter-district movement, not within the district, except for Lilongwe, Zomba, Blantyre and Mzuzu.

For example: If a person has shifted from Lilongwe rural to Lilongwe City, record how long she/he has stayed in Lilongwe City. On the other hand, if a person has shifted places within Lilongwe City, then there has been no movement. This applies to all urban areas of Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe, and Mzuzu.

However, if there has been movement within district -- say from TA Kaphuka to Dedza BOMA -- then record the period stayed in Dedza district.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how long the person has been living continuously in his/her current place of residence.
Universe
Non-visitors

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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