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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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Reference ID
BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Jul 30, 2025
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Aug 01, 2025
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Bolivia, Department 2012 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_BO2012)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 114
End: 116
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
001 Chuquisaca
002 La Paz
003 Cochabamba
004 Oruro
005 Potosí
006 Tarija
007 Santa Cruz
008 Beni
009 Pando
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
GEO1_BO2012 identifies the household's department within Bolivia in 2012. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_BO2012 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Bolivia can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: A-E Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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