1971 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1971

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Reference ID

GBR_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 01, 2025

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United Kingdom, Region 1971 (GEO1_UK1971)

Data file: GBR1971_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 83

End: 85

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
001	East
002	East Midlands
003	London
004	North East
005	North West
006	South East
007	South West
008	Wales
009	West Midlands
010	Yorks and Humber
011	Scotland
013	Northern Ireland

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_ UK1971 identifies the household's region within United Kingdom in 1971. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ UK1971 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

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

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