IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset
Guatemala, 1981
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Reference ID
GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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- GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat
- GTM1981_PHC-P-H.dat
Guatemala, Department 1981 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_GT1981)
Data file: GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
111
End:
113
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Guatemala |
| 002 | El Progreso |
| 003 | Sacatepéquez |
| 004 | Chimaltenango |
| 005 | Escuintla |
| 006 | Santa Rosa |
| 007 | Sololá |
| 008 | Totonicapán |
| 009 | Quetzaltenango |
| 010 | Suchitepéquez |
| 011 | Retalhuleu |
| 012 | San Marcos |
| 013 | Huehuetenango |
| 014 | Quiché |
| 015 | Baja Verapaz |
| 016 | Alta Verapaz |
| 017 | Petén |
| 018 | Izabal |
| 019 | Zacapa |
| 020 | Chiquimula |
| 021 | Jalapa |
| 022 | Jutiapa |
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
GEO1_GT1981 identifies the household's department within Guatemala in 1981. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. GEO1_GT1981 is spatially harmonized to account for political boundary changes across census years. Some detail is lost in harmonization; see the comparability discussion. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_GT1981 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Guatemala 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.
The full set of geography variables for Guatemala 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: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |