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1979 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1979
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KEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Kenya, Province 1979 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_KE1979)

Data file: KEN1979_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 122
End: 124
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
001 Nairobi
002 Central
003 Coast
004 Eastern
005 North-Eastern
006 Nyanza
007 Rift Valley South
008 Rift Valley North
009 Western
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_KE1979 identifies the household's province or national capital within Kenya in 1979. Provinces or national capital are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_KE1979 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Kenya 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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