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Second General Census of the Population and Habitation - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1992
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BEN_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Benin, Department 1992 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_BJ1992)

Data file: BEN1992_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 123
End: 125
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
001 Alibori
002 Atacora
003 Atlantique
004 Borgou
005 Collines
006 Couffo
007 Donga
008 Littoral
009 Mono
010 Oueme
011 Plateau
012 Zou
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.

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Definition
GEO1_BJ1992 identifies the household's department within Benin in 1992. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_BJ1992 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Benin can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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