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Costa Rica, 2011

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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

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Region (CR2011A_REGION)

Data file: CRI2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 194

End: 194

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Great metropolitan area
2	Rest of Central Region
3	Chorotega
4	Pacífico Central
5	Brunca
6	Huetar Atlántica
7	Huetar Norte

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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<span class="em">Region</span></p>

<p>First level of the administrative territorial division of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP). It is composed by a variable number of circuits. The national territory is constituted by 27 regions. For the effects of the coordinator of census development each one of them will be administered by a Census Agency and Regional Director.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the household's region within Costa Rica.

Universe

Costa Rica 2011: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: A-E Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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