1991 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1991

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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS

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United Kingdom, Region 1991 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_UK1991)

Data file: GBR1991_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 83

End: 85

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
001	North
002	Yorkshire and the Humberside
003	East Midlands
004	East Anglia
005	Inner London
006	Outer London
007	Rest of South East
008	South West
009	West Midlands
010	North West
011	Wales
012	Scotland
013	Northern Ireland

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

GEO1_ UK1991 identifies the household's region within United Kingdom in 1991. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ UK1991 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for United Kingdoms 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.

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