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1961 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1961
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GBR_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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United Kingdom, Region 1961 (GEO1_UK1961)

Data file: GBR1961_PHC-H-H

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Type: Discrete
Start: 82
End: 84
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
001 East
002 East Midlands
003 London
004 North East
005 North West
006 South East
007 South West
008 Wales
009 West Midlands
010 Yorks and Humberside
011 Scotland
013 Northern Ireland
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.

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Definition
GEO1_ UK1961 identifies the household's region within United Kingdom in 1961. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ UK1961 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for United Kingdoms 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.

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