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MIGCO3
Municipality of previous residence, Colombia
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      class Migco3 : public Editor {

public:
  Migco3(VarPointer varInfo) : Editor(varInfo) {}
  void edit() {

    long a = getRecoded();
    switch (dataSet) {
    case dataset_id::co1964a: {
      if (CO1964A_0407() >= 40)
        a = 990;
    } break;
    }

    setData(a);
  }
};

Description

MIGCO3 indicates the person's recoded municipality of previous residence within Colombia. The municipality recodes identify groupings of municipalities whose population totaled at least 20,000 in 1993 (see MUNICO). Persons who did not migrate between municipalities are coded to their current municipality of residence.

Comparability — General

See MIGCO1 for department of previous residence. For the country of residence of international migrants, see MIGCTRYP (Country of previous residence).

For municipality of residence five years ago in the 1993 and 2005 samples, see MIGCO4.

Universe

  • All persons

Availability

  • Colombia: 1973