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Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1996
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BFA_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Burkina Faso, Region 1996 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_BF1996)

Data file: BFA1996_PHC-H-H

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

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Categories
Value Category
001 Boucle du Mouhoun
002 Cascades
003 Centre
004 Centre-Est
005 Centre-Nord
006 Centre-Ouest
007 Centre-Sud
008 Est
009 Hauts-Bassins
010 Nord
011 Plateau Central
012 Sahel
013 Sud-Ouest
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_BF1996 identifies the household's region within Burkina Faso in 1996. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_BF1996 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Burkina Faso 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.

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