Portugal 1981 Census MIG1_7_PT: Can one View Angolan and Mozambican Migrants Separately?

[Shane_Nordquist]

In the original source question (14), the questionnaire reads:

14. Residence on December 31st, 1973

If you were born, please indicate where was your usual place of residence on December 31, 1973:

[] 0 In the municipality where you live
[] In other municipality, please specify: ____
[] 1 Macau
[] 2 Angola
[] 3 Mozambique
[] 4 Guiné-Bissau, Cape Verde, S. Tomé and Principe or Timor
[] 5 France
[] 6 Germany
[] 7 In other country of Europe
[] 8 United States of America and Canada
[] 9 Any other country in the world

The source variable then reads:

Code	Label	portug	1981
11111	Minho-Lima	10,508
11112	Cávado	12,944
11113	Ave	17,601
11114	Grande Porto	45,758
11115	Tâmega	20,989
11116	Entre Douro e Vouga	9,675
11117	Douro	11,076
11118	Alto Trás-os-Montes	11,057
15150	Algarve	12,988
16161	Baixo Vouga	13,185
16162	Baixo Mondego	13,344
16163	Pinhal Litoral	8,623
16164	Pinhal Interior Norte	6,224
16165	Dão-Lafões	11,920
16166	Pinhal Interior Sul	2,682
16167	Serra da Estrela	2,294
16168	Beira Interior Norte	5,392
16169	Beira Interior Sul	3,555
16170	Cova da Beira	4,121
16171	Oeste	12,890
16172	Médio Tejo	9,476
17171	Grande Lisboa	74,599
17172	Península de Setúbal	21,468
18181	Alentejo Litoral	4,277
18182	Alto Alentejo	6,308
Code	Label	portug	1981
18183	Alentejo Central	7,966
18184	Baixo Alentejo	7,209
18185	Lezíria do Tejo	9,898
20200	Azores Autonomous Region	9,774
30300	Madeira Autonomous Region	10,188
99998	Foreign country	35,219
99999	NIU (not in universe)	59,081

Should I take this to mean that one cannot view whether a person with foreign residence in 1973 was in Angola, Mozambique, or another foreign country?

[Ivan_Strahof]

The harmonized migration variable MIG1_7_PT and its corresponding source variable PT1981A_RESP73A report the subregion of residence in 1973. Subregions were not reported for persons who lived outside of Portugal and as a result persons who lived abroad are all assigned to this “Foreign Country” code.

However, the source variable PT1981A_RESP73B provides additional detail about the country of residence in 1973. While Angola, Mozambique, and several other countries are grouped into a single code to protect respondent privacy (see screenshot below), I hope that this additional detail is still helpful.

This source variable does not have a corresponding harmonized variable, which can make it more difficult to locate on the website. My recommendation on finding these source variables is, after selecting your samples of interest, to fill the Source Variables bubble from the variable selection page (see screenshot below). You will then be able to use the drop-down menus to navigate to groups of source variables, including PT1981A_RESP73B under the Person → Migration: Global menu, to see all source variables regardless of whether they have a corresponding harmonized variable.