2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008

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Reference ID

LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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County or country of birth (LR2008A_BPL)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 203

End: 204

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">P08. Place of birth</span><div class="i1">Where was [the respondent's] born?<br />(Record county code or country if outside Liberia)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
03	Bomi
06	Bong
09	Grand Bassa
12	Grand Cape Mount
15	Grand Gedeh
18	Grand Kru
21	Lofa
24	Margibi
27	Maryland
30	Montserrado
33	Nimba
36	River Cess
39	Sinoe
42	River Gee
45	Gbarpolu
51	Liberia
52	Nigeria
53	Gambia
54	Guinea
55	Ghana
56	Sierra Leone
57	Cote D'Ivoire
59	Senegal
60	Mali
61	Togo
62	Other West Africa
63	Eastern Africa
65	Central Africa
66	Other Africa
67	Lebanon
68	India
69	Europe
70	North America (USA/Canada)
72	Other Asia
73	Other
99	Unknown

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 the person's county or country of birth.

Universe

Liberia 2008: All persons

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