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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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2nd subnational geographic level, world [consistent boundaries over time] (GEOLEV2)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 67
End: 75
Width: 9
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
GEOLEV2 indicates the second major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated. The variable incorporates the geographies for every country, to enable cross-national geographic analysis over time. Second administrative units in GEOLEV2 have been spatio-temporally harmonized to provide spatially consistent boundaries across samples in each country.

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
GEOLEV2 is a 9-digit numeric variable.

GEOLEV2 codes and labels can be found here.

Codes, labels, frequencies, and information about boundary changes for each country can be found in the country specific harmonized variable e.g. GEO2_BR.
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