Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006

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Reference ID

LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Jun 27, 2019

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DHS-IPUMS-I Lesotho regions, 1996-2014 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_LS)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 129

End: 130

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	Botha-bothe
02	Leribe
03	Berea
04	Maseru
05	Mafeteng
06	Mohale's hoek
07	Quthing
08	Qacha's-nek
09	Mokhotlong
10	Thaba Tseka
98	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

DHS_IPUMSI_LS provides geographic codes for Burkina Faso that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_LS indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.

GIS shapefiles for Lesotho can be downloaded here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: IPUMS-I, IPUMS-DHS Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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