2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008

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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS

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Liberia, County 2008 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_LR2008)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 95

End: 97

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
003	Bomi
006	Bong
009	Grand Bassa
012	Grand Cape Mount
015	Grand Gedeh
018	Grand Kru
021	Lofa
024	Margibi
027	Maryland
030	Montserrado
033	Nimba
036	Rivercess
039	Sinoe
042	River Gee
045	Gbarpolu

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_LR2008 identifies the household's county within Liberia in 2008. Counties are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_LR2008 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Liberia 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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