1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995

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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Nicaragua, Department 1995 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_NI1995)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 113

End: 115

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
005	Nueva Segovia
007	Atlántico Norte
008	Atlántico Sur
010	Jinotega
020	Madriz
025	Estelí
030	Chinandega
035	León
040	Matagalpa
050	Boaco
055	Managua
060	Masaya
065	Chontales
070	Granada
075	Carazo
080	Rivas
085	Río San Juan

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.

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Definition

GEO1_ NI1995 identifies the household's department within Nicaragua in 1995. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ NI1995 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Nicaragua 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.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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