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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Soil type (W_SOIL)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2216
End: 2219
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
-998 Missing
0001 Haplic Acrisols
0002 Haplic Acrisols (Alumic)
0003 Haplic Acrisols (Ferric)
0004 Haplic Acrisols (Humic)
0005 Plinthic Acrisols
0006 Vetic Acrisols
0007 Haplic Albeluvisols
0008 Histic Albeluvisols
0009 Umbric Albeluvisols
0010 Cutanic Alisols
0011 Haplic Alisols
0012 Aluandic Andosols
0013 Haplic Andosols
0014 Vitric Andosols
0015 Albic Arenosols
0016 Ferralic Arenosols
0017 Haplic Arenosols
0018 Haplic Arenosols (Calcaric)
0019 Hypoluvic Arenosols
0020 Protic Arenosols
0021 Haplic Calcisols
0022 Haplic Calcisols (Sodic)
0023 Luvic Calcisols
0024 Petric Calcisols
0025 Endogleyic Cambisols
0026 Ferralic Cambisols
0027 Haplic Cambisols
0028 Haplic Cambisols (Calcaric)
0029 Haplic Cambisols (Chromic)
0030 Haplic Cambisols (Dystric)
0031 Haplic Cambisols (Eutric)
0032 Haplic Cambisols (Humic)
0033 Haplic Cambisols (Sodic)
0034 Leptic Cambisols
0035 Vertic Cambisols
0036 Calcic Chernozems
0037 Haplic Chernozems
0038 Luvic Chernozems
0039 Haplic Cryosols
0040 Turbic Cryosols
0041 Vitric Cryosols
0042 Petric Durisols
0043 Acric Ferralsols
0044 Haplic Ferralsols
0045 Haplic Ferralsols (Rhodic)
0046 Haplic Ferralsols (Xanthic)
0047 Umbric Ferralsols
0048 Haplic Fluvisols
0049 Haplic Fluvisols (Arenic)
0050 Haplic Fluvisols (Calcaric)
0051 Haplic Fluvisols (Dystric)
0052 Haplic Fluvisols (Eutric)
0053 Calcic Gleysols
0054 Haplic Gleysols
0055 Haplic Gleysols (Dystric)
0056 Haplic Gleysols (Eutric)
0057 Mollic Gleysols
0058 Umbric Gleysols
0059 Calcic Gypsisols
0060 Haplic Gypsisols
0061 Calcic Histosols
0062 Cryic Histosols
0063 Fibric Histosols
0064 Hemic Histosols
0065 Sapric Histosols
0066 Calcic Kastanozems
0067 Haplic Kastanozems
0068 Haplic Leptosols
0069 Haplic Leptosols (Eutric)
0070 Lithic Leptosols
0071 Mollic Leptosols
0072 Rendzic Leptosols
0073 Haplic Lixisols
0074 Haplic Lixisols (Chromic)
0075 Haplic Lixisols (Ferric)
0076 Albic Luvisols
0077 Calcic Luvisols
0078 Gleyic Luvisols
0079 Haplic Luvisols
0080 Haplic Luvisols (Chromic)
0081 Haplic Luvisols (Ferric)
0082 Leptic Luvisols
0083 Stagnic Luvisols
0084 Vertic Luvisols
0085 Alic Nitisols
0086 Haplic Nitisols (Rhodic)
0087 Haplic Phaeozems
0088 Leptic Phaeozems
0089 Luvic Phaeozems
0090 Endogleyic Planosols
0091 Haplic Planosols (Dystric)
0092 Haplic Planosols (Eutric)
0093 Luvic Planosols
0094 Solodic Planosols
0095 Acric Plinthosols
0096 Lixic Plinthosols
0097 Gleyic Podzols
0098 Haplic Podzols
0099 Aric Regosols
0100 Calcaric Regosols
0101 Haplic Regosols (Dystric)
0102 Haplic Regosols (Eutric)
0103 Haplic Regosols (Sodic)
0104 Leptic Regosols
0105 Gypsic Solonchaks
0106 Haplic Solonchaks
0107 Haplic Solonchaks (Sodic)
0108 Calcic Solonetz
0109 Gleyic Solonetz
0110 Haplic Solonetz
0111 Mollic Solonetz
0112 Luvic Stagnosols
0113 Haplic Umbrisols
0114 Leptic Umbrisols
0115 Calcic Vertisols
0116 Haplic Vertisols
0117 Haplic Vertisols (Eutric)
0118 Mollic Vertisols
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
SOIL reports the predominant soil type within a 5-kilometer circular buffer around each DHS cluster location. The soil attributes reported in SOIL are: soil class (e.g., Leptosols), with 30 class categories, and soil type within that class (e.g., Lithic Leptosols). SOIL is available for every IPUMS-DHS sample with GPS data.

SOIL is based on data from SoilGrids [URL omitted from DDI.]. SoilGrids is a system for automated soil mapping based on global soil profile and covariate data. There are 118 different soil types in the world according to SoilGrids [URL omitted from DDI.]. For the full list of codes and their meaning, see the soil legend [URL omitted from DDI.].

SOIL, like the other IPUMS-DHS contextual variables, is calculated and based on sources external to DHS data. For more information on IPUMS-DHS contextual variables and how they are constructed, refer to the documentation [URL omitted from DDI.] on these variables.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Environmental Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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