National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017

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Reference ID

PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS

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1st subnational geographic level, world [consistent boundaries over time] (GEOLEV1)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 53

End: 58

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

GEOLEV1 indicates the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated. The variable incorporates the geographies for every country, to enable cross-national geographic analysis over time. First administrative units in GEOLEV1 have been spatiotemporally harmonized to provide spatially consistent boundaries across samples in each country.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: Global Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

GEOLEV1 is a 6-digit numeric variable.

GEOLEV1 codes and labels can be found here.

Codes, labels, frequencies, and information about boundary changes for each country can be found in the country specific harmonized variable e.g. GEO1_BR.

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