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Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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South Africa, Province 1996 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_ZA1996)

Data file: ZAF1996-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 60
End: 62
Width: 3
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 Western Cape
2 Eastern Cape
3 Northern Cape
4 Free State
5 KwaZulu-Natal
6 North West
7 Gauteng
8 Mpumalanga
9 Northern Province
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_ZA1996 identifies the household's province (provinsie) within South Africa in 1996. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ZA1996 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for South Africa 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.

concept

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