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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Ethnic affiliation (LR2008A_ETHNIC)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 201

End: 202

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">P07. Ethnic affiliation</span><div class="i1">What is [the respondent's] ethnic affiliation?</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Bassa
02	Belle
03	Dey
04	Gbandi
05	Gio
06	Gola
07	Grebo
08	Kpelle
09	Kissi
10	Krahn
11	Kru
12	Lorma
13	Mandingo
14	Mano
15	Mende
16	Sapo
17	Vai
18	Other Liberian ethnic group
19	Other African tribe
20	Non-African tribe

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 ethnic affiliation.

Universe

Liberia 2008: All persons

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Concept

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