Description

BPL indicates whether persons were born in the United States and, if not, the foreign country where they were born.

Comparability

The 1994 data include only 41 categories for BPL, with all other answers coded into a residual "Other" category. For 1995 forward, three times as many categories are recognized, including categories for countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania. The data must be recoded into the smaller number of categories available in 1994 to achieve comparability across time.

Universe

Flags

Unharmonized Variables

• UH_NATVTY_A1
• UH_NATVTY_A2
• UH_NATVTY_A3
• UH_NATVTY_B1
• UH_NATVTY_B2