Liberia Census 2008 - IPUMS
General Info
Original or alternative title
Liberia 2008 Population and Housing Census
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
March, 2008 - March, 2008
Series or system
Data type
Census:
De jure - 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 2008 Liberia census days were March 21-30, 2008. A 10% sample of households from the census (150,256 individuals) is available through IPUMS International at the University of Minnesota. Refer to the IPUMS website for guidelines on citing database versions.
Keywords
Agriculture, Assets, Cooking fuels, Disability, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Health care access, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, International migration, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Occupations, Parental survival, Population, Population characteristics, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Water supply
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-information Services (LISGIS), Minnesota Population Center. Liberia Census 2008 from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, International: [Machine-readable database]. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.