General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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Reference ID

SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 26, 2011

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DHS-IPUMS-I Senegal regions, 1986-2016 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_SN)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 128

End: 128

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Dakar, Thiès (West)
2	Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Louga, Kaffrine (Center)
3	Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Matam, Kedougou (North East)
4	Kolda, Ziguinchor, Sedhiou (South)

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

DHS_IPUMSI_SN provides geographic codes for Senegal that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_SN indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.

GIS shapefiles for Senegal can be downloaded here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: IPUMS-I, IPUMS-DHS Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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