2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015

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Reference ID

SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

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Aug 01, 2025

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Sierra Leone, District 2015 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_SL2015)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 114

End: 116

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
011	Kailahun
012	Kenema
013	Kono
021	Bombali
022	Kambia
023	Koinadugu
024	Port Loko
025	Tonkolili
031	Bo
032	Bonthe
033	Moyamba
034	Pujehun
041	Western Rural
042	Western 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

GEO1_ SL2015 identifies the household's district within Sierra Leone in 2015. Districts are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ SL2015 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Sierra Leone 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: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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