1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974

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Reference ID

LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS

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Tribal affiliation (LR1974A_TRIBE)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 116

End: 117

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">9. Tribe</span>
<br />Write name of tribe. If no tribe enter "00"
<br />____

Categories

Value	Category
00	No tribal affiliation
01	Bassa
02	Belle
03	Dey
04	Gbandi
05	Gio
06	Gola
07	Grebo
08	Kpelle
09	Kissi (Gissi)
10	Krahn
11	Lorma (Buzzi)
12	Mandingo
13	Mano
14	Mende
15	Vai
16	Other Liberian tribes
17	Fante
18	Other African tribes
19	Kru Coast

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

This variable indicates person's tribal affiliation.

Universe

Liberia 1974: All persons [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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