Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001

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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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South Africa, Province 2001 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_ZA2001)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 126

End: 128

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
001	Western Cape
002	Eastern Cape
003	Northern Cape
004	Free State
005	KwaZulu-Natal
006	North West
007	Gauteng
008	Mpumalanga
009	Limpopo
099	Unknown

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_ZA2001 identifies the household's province (provinsie) within South Africa in 2001. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ZA2001 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for South Africa 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: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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