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Benin 1979
Benin 1992
Benin 2002
Benin 2013
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Benin 1979 — source variable BJ1979A_BPLDIST — District of birth
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Demographic characteristics (for all person)

(6) Place of Birth ________

Specify the province and district for persons born in the Popular Republic of Benin and the country for persons born outside of the Popular Republic of Benin.
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Demographic Characteristics (for each household member)

Column (6): Place of birth
Ask the following question: Where were you born? Then, in column (6), report the name of the province and district if the person is born in the Popular Republic of Benin and the name of the country if the person is born outside of the Popular Republic of Benin.
If a person does not know the name of the district in which he/she is born, the census agent must identify the district by having the person name a well-known center close to his/her village of birth.


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Benin 1992 — source variable BJ1992A_BPL — Commune of birth
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For all persons
[Questions in columns 1 to 9 asked of all persons.]

(7) Place of birth ____

Sub-prefecture or urban district for persons born in Benin
Country for all others
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II. How to fill out the questionnaire (Document RGPH 2 Number 1).

Column (7): Place of birth
Ask the following question: "Where were you born?" and ask for the urban district or sub-prefecture and department for persons born in the Republic of Benin.
Use the following abbreviations for the department:

[] ATA: Atacora
[] ATL: Atlantic
[] BOR: Borgou
[] Mon: Mono
[] OUE: Oueme
[] ZOU: Zou

Example: mark down ZE (ATL) for a person that claims to be born in the sub-prefecture of ZE in the Atlantic department.
For persons born outside of Benin, write own the name of the country: Togo, Belgium...


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Benin 2002 — source variable BJ2002A_BPLCOMM — Commune of birth
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For all persons
[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]

Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home

(7) Place of birth ____

Write down department/township for Benin. And country for foreigners
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i) Socio-demographic characteristics

Column (7): Place of birth
Ask the following question: "where were you born?" or "where was [the respondent] born?" Report the department/township for persons born in the Republic of Benin. For persons born outside of Benin, report the country of birth.
Use the following abbreviations for departments:

[] ALI: Alibori
[] ATA: Atacora
[] ATL: Atlantic
[] BOR: Borgou
[] COL: Collines [hills]
[] COU: Couffo
[] DON: Donga
[] LIT: Littoral [coast]
[] MON: Mono
[] OUE: Ouémé
[] ZOU: Zou

Example: Mark down ATL/ZE for a person who claims to be born in the township of ZE in the Atlantic department, on the horizontal line reserved to that effect and leave the boxes empty.
For persons born outside of Benin (ex.: Togo, Belgium...), mark down the name of the country on the horizontal line and leave the boxes blank.


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Benin 2013 — source variable BJ2013A_BPLCOMM — Commune of birth
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7. Place of birth - In what town was [the person] born?
________

Write down the department, township, or country if the person was born abroad
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Section 2: Individual characteristics of household members

Questions 1 [order number] to 12 [residency status] apply to all persons to count in the household.

7. Place of birth

The place of birth is, for persons born in Benin, the department and the commune in which they are born. For persons born outside of Benin, the place of birth designates their country of birth.

Ask the following question to the counted person:
Q: "Were you born in Benin?"

If the answer is "yes," ask the following question:
Q: "In which department and in which commune were you born/was [the respondent] born?"
Write down the given response on the line corresponding to the person's registration order number.

NB: This concerns the 12 new departments.

If the person was born in Benin and knows their village/neighborhood of birth but cannot recognize the commune, ask them the following question:
Q: "To which arrondissement is your village/neighborhood attached?"

Do not write anything in the questionnaire. Note the information in your draft notebook specifying the identifiers of the household and the order number of the person and informed the team leader in order to find a potential solution together.

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If the answer is "no," the person is born outside of Benin; ask them the following question:
Q: "In which country were you born?"
Write down the given answer on the line corresponding to the person's registration order number.
NB: One must take into account changes that occurred following the current administrative division [going from 6 to 12 departments] to affect the department of birth of the counted person. Consequently, only report the current department to which the declared commune is attached.

Due to limited space reserved to that effect, use the following abbreviations for departments:

[] ALI- Alibori
[] ATA- Atacora
[] ATL- Atlantic
[] COL- Collines
[] COU- Couffu
[] DON- Donga
[] MON- Mono
[] OUE- Oueme
[] PLA- Plateau

Example: for a person who declares being born in the commune of Ze [with accent on the e] in the department of the Atlantic, mark ATL/ZE on the horizontal line reserved to that effect and leave the boxes below blank [they will filled out at the office].