STATISTICAL MICRODATA
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Mongolia - PHC 2000

PHC
Reference ID MNG-NSO-EN-PHC-2000-v1.0
Year 2000
Country Mongolia
Producer(s) National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s) Government of Mongolia - GOF - Financial assistance
United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA - Financial assistance
Collection(s)
Population and Housing Census
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Ethnicity (P06_ETHNICITY)
File: person
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-30
Invalid: 99
Valid cases: 2434138
Invalid: 8579
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 30
Definition
Ethnic group to which person claims to belong. (question was asked of Mongolian citizens only)
Universe
All persons should answer
Source of information
Eligible member of household
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 Khalkh 1993753 81.9%
2 Kazak 104296 4.3%
3 Dorvod 68268 2.8%
4 Buriad 42464 1.7%
5 Bayad 52246 2.1%
6 Dariganga 32811 1.3%
7 Uriankhai 25657 1.1%
8 Zakhchin 30389 1.2%
9 Darkhad 19399 0.8%
10 Torguud 12912 0.5%
11 Oold 14953 0.6%
12 Khoton 9125 0.4%
13 Myangad 6217 0.3%
14 Barga 2592 0.1%
15 Uzemchin 2437 0.1%
16 Kharchin 268 0.0%
17 Tsakhar 125 0.0%
18 Khotgoid 7364 0.3%
19 Eljigen 155 0.0%
20 Tsaatan 304 0.0%
21 Khamnigan 574 0.0%
22 Khashuud 184 0.0%
23 Sartuul 1564 0.1%
24 Tuva 4875 0.2%
25 Khorchin 150 0.0%
26 Uzbek 386 0.0%
27 Khalimag 5 0.0%
28 Russian/Mongolia 163 0.0%
29 Chinese/Mongolia 176 0.0%
30 Other eth of Mon 326 0.0%
Sysmiss 8579
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is your ethnicity?
Interviewer instructions
Citizenship of Mongolia will answer to this question. Foreign citizenship and non-relationship people will not respond to this question. On the basis of respondent's response enumerator should record ethnicity of that person. Ethnicity of children will be defined by their parents. If they can not define, ethnicity of children will be recorded as mother's. Code 01 existed behind category “Khalkh” will be circled for “Khalkh” ethnicity. See annex 3 for other category of ethnicity. Enumerators shall be correctly explained that there is distinguishing only “Khalkh” ethnicity in census questionnaire. This is not disregarded other ethnicities. This is only for facilitating enumerators' job due to around 80 percent of total population of Mongolia are khalkh people.

National Statistical Office of Mongolia