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1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987
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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Urban-rural (MW1987A_URBAN)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 130
End: 130
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MW87A020 MW87A021 MW87A022 MW87A023 MW87A024 MW87A025 MW87A026 MW87A093 MW87A094 MW87A095"><span class="em">Part A: Identification</span><br />Region/district _ _<br />TA, STA or town _ _<br />Enumeration area _ _ _<br />Village or place _ _<br />Household number _ _ _<br />Number of dwelling units (DUs) to household _<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Rural
2 Urban
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 records whether the household is in urban or rural area.
Universe
Malawi 1987: All households

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