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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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Reference ID
BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
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Rural local size (BW1991A_RURLOCSIZE)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 140
End: 140
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section A</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Appendix XV</span><div class="i1">____ District<br />____ Village<br />____ Enumeration Area<br />____ CD<br />____ Locality<br />____ <span class="lang">Lolwapa</span>/house number<br />____ Household number</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Population less than 100
2 Population from 100 to 499
3 Population from 500 to 999
4 Population from 1000 to 4999
5 Population of 5000 and more
8 Urban
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 size of the rural area where the dwelling is located.
Universe
Botswana 1991: All households

concept

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