1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Area (METROPR)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 62

End: 62

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
	Not identifiable or not in a metro area
1	Aguadilla
2	Arecibo
3	Caguas
4	Mayagüez
5	Ponce
6	San Juan-Bayamon

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

METROPR indicates the metropolitan area in Puerto Rico in all sample years. METROPR is harmonized by name and does not account for boundary changes over time.

The full set of geography variables for Puerto Rico 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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