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Demographic and Health Survey 1993-1994 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1993 - 1994
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Reference ID
BGD_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Bangladesh regions, 1994-2014 [integrated; GIS] (C_GEO_BD1994_2014)

Data file: BGD1994-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
8 Missing
1 Barisal
2 Chittagong and Sylhet
3 Dhaka
4 Khulna
5 Rajshahi and Rangpur
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
GEO_BD1994_2014 indicates the region of Bangladesh where the respondent was interviewed. The variable is integrated to yield units with consistent boundaries across samples.

Labels identify the modern geographic units (divisions) contained in each integrated region. Each sample also has its own non-integrated geography variable.

An integrated GIS map (in shapefile format) for Bangladesh can be downloaded here [URL omitted from DDI.].

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Integrated geography Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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