Population and Housing Census 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2004

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JOR_2004_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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The Population and Housing Census, Minnesota Population Center

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Governorate (JO2004A_0016)

Data file: JOR2004-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 137

Width: 2

Range: -

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Literal question

Building and housing register

1. Identification Information
101. Governorate _ _
102. District _ _
103. Sub-district _
104. Locality _ _ _
105. Area _ _
106. Neighborhood _ _
107. Block Number _ _ _

Categories

Value	Category
11	Amman
12	Balqa
13	Zarqa
14	Madaba
21	Irbid
22	Mafraq
23	Jarash
24	Ajlun
31	Karak
32	Tafilah
33	Ma'an
34	Aqaba

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

3. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
The Kingdom includes a number of administrative divisions (governorates, districts, and sub-districts). Following is a presentation of these divisions as it is in year 2004.

1.3. Governorates
The Hashemite Jordanian Kingdom is divided administratively into 12 governorates. The area of the Kingdom is 89342 Km^2. Table 1 shows the governorates and the areas of each one of them. Figure 1 also shows the map of the Jordanian Hashemite Kingdom by governorates.
Table 1: Governorates and area (in Km^2)

Al-Asima: 8231 [Muhafazat al-Asima is the official name of Amman Governorate]
Al-Balqaa': 1076
Azzarqaa: 4080
Madiba: 2008
Arbed: 1621
Al-Mafraq: 26435
Jarash: 402
Ajloun: 412
Al-Karaq: 3217
A-Tafila: 2114
Maaan: 33163
Al-Aqaba: 6583

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the governorate in which the household resides.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Geography: A-L Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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