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1997 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, IPUMS
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Iraq, Governorate 1997 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_IQ1997)

Data file: IRQ1997_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 127
End: 129
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
011 Dhok
012 Nineveh
013 Al-Sulaimaniya
014 Al-Tameem
015 Arbil
021 Diala
022 Al-Anbar
023 Baghdad
024 Babylon
025 Kerbela
026 Wasit
027 Salah Al-Deen
028 Al-Najaf
031 Al-Qadisiya
032 Al-Muthanna
033 Thi-Qar
034 Maysan
035 Al-Basrah
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_IQ1997 identifies the household's province or governorate within Iraq in 1997. Provinces or governorates are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_IQ1997 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Iraq 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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