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Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS

General Info

Provider 
IPUMS
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
Bangladesh (BGD)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
March, 1991 - March, 1991
Series or system 
International Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Data type
Census: De facto - Household - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary 

Censuses provide population numbers, household or family size and composition, and information on sex and age distribution. They often include other demographic, economic, and health-related topics as well. The 1991 Bangladesh de facto census collected data through face-to-face interviews. The census day was March 12, 1991. A 10% self-weighted sample of households from the census (10,580,904 individuals) is available through IPUMS International at the University of Minnesota. Refer to the IPUMS website for guidelines on citing database versions.

Keywords 
Education, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Housing materials, Institutionalized population, Literacy, Marital status, Occupations, Population, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Water supply

Citation

Contributors 
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
Publisher 
University of Minnesota
Publication year 
2013
Suggested citation 

Minnesota Population Center, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 1991 from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, International: [Machine-readable database]. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2013.


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