1979 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1979

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KEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS

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Province of residence 1 year ago, Kenya; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_1_KE)

Data file: KEN1979_PHC-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 122

End: 127

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
404001	Nairobi
404002	Central
404003	Coast
404004	Eastern
404005	Northeastern
404006	Nyanza
404007	Rift Valley
404008	Western
404097	Abroad
404098	Unknown
404099	NIU (not in universe)

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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MIG1_1_KE indicates the person's province of residence within Kenya 1 year ago.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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