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The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Thailand, Region (REGNTH)

Data file: THA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 86
End: 86
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 Bangkok
2 Central region (exclude Bangkok )
3 Northern region
4 Northeastern region
5 Southern region
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
REGNTH indicates the region in Thailand in which the household was enumerated. It is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the Thailand samples. REGNTH is harmonized by name and does not account for boundary changes over time.

The full set of geography variables for Thailand 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.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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