Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS

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DHS-IPUMS-I South Africa regions, 1998-2016 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_ZA)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 138

End: 138

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Western Cape
4	Free State
5	Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal
7	Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape
9	Unknown

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

DHS_IPUMSI_ZA provides geographic codes for South Africa 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_ZA indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.

GIS shapefiles for South Africa can be downloaded here.

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