Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990

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Reference ID

CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Switzerland, Canton 1990 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_CH1990)

Data file: CHE1990-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 83

End: 85

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 26

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Zurich
2	Bern
3	Luzern (Lucerne)
4	Uri
5	Schwyz
6	Obwalden (Obwald)
7	Nidwalden (Nidwald)
8	Glarus
9	Zug
10	Fribourg
11	Solothurn
12	Basel-Stadt (Basel-City)
13	Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country)
14	Schaffhausen
15	Outer and Inner Rhodes
17	St. Gallen (St. Gall)
18	Graubundun (Grisons)
19	Aargau (Argovia)
20	Thurgau (Thurgovia)
21	Ticino
22	Vaud
23	Valais
24	Neuchatel
25	Geneva
26	Jura

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_CH1990 identifies the household's canton within Switzerland in 1990. Cantons are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_CH1990 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Switzerland 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.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: M-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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