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Census of Population and Housing - 2001

Sri Lanka, 2001
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LKA-DCS-CPH-2001-v1.0
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Data file: POPULATION

This file contains data related to the Population section of the Population and Housing schedule (F3) in the Census of Population and Housing 2001. The record type of this file is '1'.

Cases: 18600807
Variables: 55

Variables

REC$TYPE
Record Type
A01
Province & District
A02_ELECTORATE
Polling Division
A03
D.S./A.G.A. Division
A04
G.N. Division
A05_SECTOR
Urban/Rural/Estate
A06
MC/UC/PS
A07
Ward/Village/Estate
A08
Census Block Number
A09
Census Unit Number
A09A
Census Unit Number (later added)
A010_TYPE_OF_UNT
Type of Unit
A011
Household Number
SNO
Book Number
P0
Enumeration status
P1
Person's Column Number
P3
Relationship to the Head
P4_SEX
Sex
P5Y
Date of Birth - Year
P5M
Date of Birth - Month
P6_MARITAL_STAT
Marital Status
P7
Citizenship
P8_RELIGION
Religion
P9_ETHNICITY
Ethnic Group
P10_DIS_OF_BIRTH
District of Birth
P11_USUAL_RESIDE
District of Usual Residence
P12_DURATION
Duration of Residing District
P13_PRE_RESIDENC
District of Previous Residence
P14_DISABILITY
Physical & Mental Disability
P15_S_ATTENDANCE
Attendance at School/Voc/Tech
P16_E_ATTAINMENT
Educational Attainment
P171_SIN_SPEAK
Speaking Sinhala
P172_TAM_SPEAK
Speaking Tamil
P173_ENG_SPEAK
Speaking English
P174_SIN_RW
Reading Sinhala
P175_TAM_RW
Reading Tamil
P176_ENG_RW
Reading English
P18A
Paid Employment
P18B
Employer
P18C
Own Account Worker
P18D
Unpaid Family Worker
P18E
Available/seeking Work
P18F
Non Economic Activity
P19
Principal Occupation
P20
Industry, Business or Service
P21_EMP_SECTOR
Employment Status & Sector
P22_EMP_STATUS
Principal Non Economic Activity
P23
Total Children Born Aliveb
P24
Total Number of Living Children
P25Y
Born year of the last born child
P25M
Born month of the last born child
NEWP03_RELATION
Relation to the Head
NEW05_AGE
Age in years
NEW17_LITERACY
Literacy
NEW18_ACTIVITY
Activity Status
Total: 55
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