Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011

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Reference ID

BGD_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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DHS-IPUMS-I Bangladesh regions, 1991-2018 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_BD)

Data file: BGD2011_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 150

End: 150

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Barisal
2	Chittagong and Sylhet
3	Dhaka and Mymensingh
4	Khulna
5	Rajshahi and Rangpur

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

DHS_IPUMSI_BD provides geographic codes for Bangladesh that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_BD indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.
GIS shapefiles for Bangladesh can be downloaded here.

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