1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974

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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Liberia, County 1974 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_LR1974)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 122

End: 124

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
001	Bomi Territory
002	Bong County
003	Grand Bassa County
004	Grand Cape Mount County
005	Grand Gedeh County
006	Kru Coast Territory
007	Lofa County
008	Marshall Territory
009	Maryland County
010	Montserrado County
011	Nimba County
012	Rivercess Territory
014	Sinoe County, Sasstown Territory

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.

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Definition

GEO1_LR1974 identifies the household's county within Liberia in 1974. Counties are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_LR1974 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Liberia 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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