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Description & Citation
Description & Citation--Study No. 8053 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 8053 |
|---|---|
| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08053 |
| Title: | Women in Development, 1979-1980 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census |
| Series: | Women in Development Series |
| Bibliographic Citation: | U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, 1979-1980 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1981. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1982. |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | This file contains national-level data concerning female/male differentials over a range of demographic and socioeconomic variables for each of 69 developing countries. Breakdowns by age and urban/rural residence were frequently included. Data were drawn primarily from censuses and reliable surveys, and constitute the most recently available information at the time of collection. The 69 countries included in the file were all Agency for International Development recipients. Nine countries from Asia are included, 14 in Latin America, 36 in Africa, and 10 in the Near East. |
| Subject Term(s): | age, Agency for International Development, census data, demographic characteristics, developing nations, economic aid, education, fertility, gender roles, household composition, income distribution, infant mortality, international development, literacy rates, national economy, population, rural areas, socioeconomic status, urban areas, women, women in development |
| Geographic Coverage: | Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guatamala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Korea (North), Korea (South), Latin America, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Middle East, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia Republic, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Yemen, Zambia, Global |
| Time Period: | 1979 - 1980 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1979 - 1980 |
| Data Type: | census data, and survey data |
| Data Collection Notes: | The file is designed to produce up to 31 tables for each country for each year. Data records are sorted by table, country, and year. There are a total of 37,220 records. |
Methodology | |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 1984-05-10 |
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