6th Census of Population - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 2007

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SLV_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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El Salvador, Department 2007 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_SV2007)

Data file: SLV2007_PHC-H-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 114

End: 116

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
001	Ahuachapán
002	Santa Ana
003	Sonsonate
004	Chalatenango
005	La Libertad
006	San Salvador
007	Cuscatlán
008	La Paz
009	Cabañas
010	San Vicente
011	Usulután
012	San Miguel
013	Morazán
014	La Unión

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_SV2007 identifies the household's department within El Salvador in 2007. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_SV2007 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for El Salvador 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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