Ti`dad al-Nufus (Population Census) of 1848 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1846 - 1848

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EGY_1848_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Province (EG1848A_PROV)

Data file: EGY1848_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 111

End: 112

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<span class="h3">Household variables</span></p>

<p>Province _ _</p>
<div class="i1">The governorate (<span class="lang">muhafaza</span>) in urban Egypt or the province (<span class="lang">mudiriya</span>) in rural Egypt. It consists of two digits. The province coding follows the administrative division of the 1882 census.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Cairo
02	Alexandria
05	Rosetta
06	Al-arish
07	Al-qusayr
11	Damietta
12	Al-daqahliya
13	Al-sharqiya
14	Al-qalyubiya
16	Al-gharbiya
17	Al-minufiya
18	Al-buhayra
21	Al-giza and Atfeeh
22	Bani suwayf
23	Al-fayyum
24	Al-minya and Beni Mazar
25	Asyut
26	Girga
27	Qina
28	Isna

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 province in which the household was enumerated.

Universe

Egypt 1848: All households

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