Population Census 1991, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991

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JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Jamaica, Parish 1982 - 2001 [Level 1; consistent boundaries, GIS] (GEO1_JM)

Data file: JAM1991_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 85

End: 90

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
388001	Kingston
388002	Saint Andrew
388003	Saint Thomas
388004	Portland
388005	Saint Mary
388006	Saint Ann
388007	Trelawny
388008	Saint James
388009	Hanover
388010	Westmoreland
388011	Saint Elizabeth
388012	Manchester
388013	Clarendon
388014	Saint Catherine

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_JM identifies the household's parish within Jamaica (regione) in all sample years. Parishes are the first level administrative units of the country. GEO1_JM is spatially harmonized to account for political boundary changes across census years. Some detail is lost in harmonization. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_JM can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Jamaica 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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