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Population and Housing Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2001
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BGD_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Urban status (BD2001A_0028)

Data file: BGD2001-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 134
End: 134
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Urban status
Categories
Value Category
1 Rural
2 Urban
3 Other urban
4 Statistical Metropolitan Area (SMA)
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.
Interviewer instructions
In the upper part the identification of the Enumeration Area. Enter the name of the Zila in the blank space for Zila name and the geo-code from the first page of census Book. According to geo-code enter the decennial digit in the upper line and single digit in the second line. Similarly, enter the name of the thana and its geo-code in the specific box. In the next line enter the union name for rural area and ward number for municipal area and then enter the geo-codes from census packet and fill out the appropriate oval boxes. Similarly, in the next line enter the mauza name for rural area and mahallah name for municipal area and geo codes from census packet and fill out the appropriate oval boxes. At last, fill out 1 oval box for rural, 2 oval box for urban, 3 oval box for other urban, and 4 oval box for SMA area.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household is in an urban or rural area.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: A-L Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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