Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2011

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ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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South Africa, Province 2011 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_ZA2011)

Data file: ZAF2011_PHC-H-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 123

End: 125

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
001	Western Cape
002	Eastern Cape
003	Northern Cape
004	Free State
005	KwaZulu-Natal
006	North West
007	Gauteng
008	Mpumalanga
009	Limpopo

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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GEO1_ZA2011 identifies the household's province (provinsie) within South Africa in 2011. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ZA2011 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for South Africa 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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