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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Dec 20, 2012
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Malawi, District 2008 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_MW2008)

Data file: MWI2008-H-H

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Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 80
End: 82
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

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Categories
Value Category
101 Chitipa
102 Karonga
103 Nkhata Bay, Likoma
104 Rumphi
105 Mzimba
107 Mzuzu
201 Kasungu
202 Nkhota Kota
203 Ntchisi
204 Dowa
205 Salima
206 Lilongwe
207 Mchinji
208 Dedza
209 Ntcheu
210 Lilongwe city
301 Mangochi
302 Machinga
303 Zomba
304 Chiradzulu
305 Blantyre
306 Mwanza
307 Thyolo
308 Mulanje
309 Phalombe
310 Chikwawa
311 Nsanje
312 Balaka
313 Neno
314 Zomba city
315 Blantyre city
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_MW2008 identifies the household?s district within Malawi in 2008. Districts are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_MW2008 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Malawi can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Geography: M-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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