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Population Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1991
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BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Bangladesh, Division 1991 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_BD1991)

Data file: BGD1991-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 81
End: 83
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 60
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
10 Barisal
20 Chittagong
30 Dhaka
40 Khulna
50 Rajshahi
60 Sylhet
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.

Description

Definition
GEO1_BD1991 identifies the household's division within Bangladesh in 1991. Divisions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_BD1991 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

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

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: A-L Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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