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Mali 1987 — source variable ML1987A_BPL — Place of birth: province or country

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8. Place of birth (district [cercle] or country)

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8. Place of Birth (province or country)

This purpose of this question is to find out the place of birth of the members of the household. To do this, ask a question like "where was this person born," (try to figure out the province) and write the answer given in column 8.

a. Write the name of the province of birth if the individual was born in Mali. But be careful: If a person gives you the name of a town make sure you know which administrative province in Mali this town is in before you write it down.

b. If the individual was born outside of Mali, write the name of the country of birth (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, France, etc...)

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Practical example: Mamadou DIARRA was born in the village of Togoye in the district of Taga, in the province of Djenné in the region of Mopti.

The province of birth is Djenné, and this is what you write in column 8.

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Mali 1998 — source variable ML1998A_BPL — Province or country of birth

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Section B: Individual Characteristics

8. Place of birth (district [cercle] or country)____

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1.2.1. Questions for ALL Household Members

8. Column P8: Place of birth, district or country

This question aims at recording the place of birth of household members. For this, the census enumerator will ask a question to the household head, such: "Where was name born?"
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a) The census enumerator will write down the name of the province of birth, if the person was born in Mali. But, be careful: when a respondent give you as place of birth the name of a village or town, make sure to first find out the administrative province in Mali to which this place belongs, before writing the answer.

N.B.: If the person ignores the province, and if you cannot find it by yourself, write down the name of the region.

b) When the person is born abroad, that is outside of Mali, write down the name of the country of birth (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, France, etc.).

Practical example:

Mamadou Diarra was born in the village of Toyoge - district of Taga - Province of Djenne - Region of Mopti. The place of birth will be "Djenne", and will be written in Column P8.

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Mali 2009 — source variable ML2009A_BPL — Circle of birth

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P10) Location of birth
Where was [Name] born?

If in Mali, record the name of the circle if it is known of the name of region if not. Record the name of the country if it?s abroad.
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6.2.3.9 Place of birth (Column P10)
The purpose of this question is to know the birthplace of household members. For this, the enumerator asks the CM the following question: "Where was [Name] born?" and writes out answer in full.

a. In the case where the person was born in Mali: the enumerator writes the name of the Circle of birth on the line provided. When a respondent gives place of birth as the name of a locality, the agent must determine the circle belonging to this locality. If the person and / or agent do not know the name of the Circle, write the name of the region.
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b. If the individual was born abroad (outside of Mali), enter the name of the country of birth (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, France, etc.).

Instruction: Do not fill in the shaded boxes (reserved for codification)

In cases where the agent does not know the name of the circle of birth of the respondent, he can ask his team leader or his team.

If the place of birth coincides with the main regional location, the agent records: C / "name of circle" to designate the circle of birth. If the circle of birth is not known, the agent records R / "name of region" to designate the region of birth. This instruction is valid for P13 and P15 columns.
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If the place of birth is the district of Bamako, the agent writes the name of the municipality (eg CI for Commune I and CII for Commune II, etc).

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