2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Liberia, 2008
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Reference ID
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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- LBR2008_PHC-H-H
- LBR2008_PHC-P-H
County or country of birth (LR2008A_BPL)
Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
203
End:
204
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">P08. Place of birth</span><div class="i1">Where was [the respondent's] born?<br />(Record county code or country if outside Liberia)</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 03 | Bomi |
| 06 | Bong |
| 09 | Grand Bassa |
| 12 | Grand Cape Mount |
| 15 | Grand Gedeh |
| 18 | Grand Kru |
| 21 | Lofa |
| 24 | Margibi |
| 27 | Maryland |
| 30 | Montserrado |
| 33 | Nimba |
| 36 | River Cess |
| 39 | Sinoe |
| 42 | River Gee |
| 45 | Gbarpolu |
| 51 | Liberia |
| 52 | Nigeria |
| 53 | Gambia |
| 54 | Guinea |
| 55 | Ghana |
| 56 | Sierra Leone |
| 57 | Cote D'Ivoire |
| 59 | Senegal |
| 60 | Mali |
| 61 | Togo |
| 62 | Other West Africa |
| 63 | Eastern Africa |
| 65 | Central Africa |
| 66 | Other Africa |
| 67 | Lebanon |
| 68 | India |
| 69 | Europe |
| 70 | North America (USA/Canada) |
| 72 | Other Asia |
| 73 | Other |
| 99 | Unknown |
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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's county or country of birth.
Universe
Liberia 2008: All persons
concept
Concept