Population Census 1987, Federal Republic Germany - IPUMS Subset

Germany, 1987

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DEU_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), IPUMS

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Germany, State 1987 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_DE1987)

Data file: DEU1987_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 82

End: 84

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
001	Schleswig-Holstein
002	Hamburg
003	Lower Saxony
004	Bremen
005	North Rhine-Westphalia
006	Hesse
007	Rhineland-Palatinate
008	Baden-Württemberg
009	Bavaria
010	Saarland
011	Berlin (West)
097	East Germany

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_DE1987 identifies the household’s state within Germany in 1987. States are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_DE1987 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Germany 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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