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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1996
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EGY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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DHS-IPUMS-I Egypt regions, 1986-2006 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_EG)

Data file: EGY1996_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 141
End: 142
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
00 URBAN GOVERNORATES
01 Cairo
02 Alexandria
03 Port Said
04 Suez
05 Helwan
06 6th of October City
10 LOWER EGYPT
11 Damietta
12 Dakahlia
13 Sharkia
14 Kalyubia
15 Kafr-El Sheik
16 Gharbia
17 Menofia
18 Behera
19 Ismalia
20 UPPER EGYPT
21 Giza
22 Beni Suef
23 Fayoum
24 Menya
25 Assiut
26 Souhag
27 Qena and Luxor
28 Aswan
30 FRONTIER GOVERNORATES
31 Red Sea
32 New Valley
33 Matroh
34 North Sinai
35 South Sinai
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
DHS_IPUMSI_ EG provides geographic codes for Egypt 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_EG indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.

GIS shapefiles for Egypt can be downloaded here.

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