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2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Nicaragua, Department 2005 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_NI2005)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 126
End: 128
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
005 Nueva Segovia
010 Jinotega
020 Madríz
025 Estelí
030 Chinandega
035 León
040 Matagalpa
050 Boaco
055 Managua
060 Masaya
065 Chontales
070 Granada
075 Carazo
080 Rivas
085 Río San Juan
091 Atlantico Norte
093 Atlantico Sur
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_ NI2005 identifies the household's department within Nicaragua in 2005. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ NI2005 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Nicaragua 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
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