Nicaragua

NIC9 - Caution! Changes in LAMP-NIC9 data

July 7, 2003 - Wrong codes in HOUSE codebook for Nicaragua (varaible REMCRSIZ)

Variable REMCRSIZ (Nicaragua database only) reports the relative size of remittances received from Costa Rica. The HOUSE codebook for Nicaragua showed wrong value labels for variable REMCRSIZ. The correct value labels for this variable are: 1. Small, 2. Intermediate, 3. Substantial. The problem has been corrected. The correct codebooks are available for download.

March 10, 2003

Codes for US documentation variables were wrong in MIG, MIGOTHER, LIFE, and SPOUSE codebooks, according to the detail below. The codebooks involved were fixed and posted again. Please download the new codebooks or fix your printout.

Variable	Codebooks
USDOC1 - USDOCL	MIG, MIGOTHER, LIFE, SPOUSE (codes for these variables in PERS were correct)
USDOC	LIFE, SPOUSE