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Administrative Divisions and Natural Resources Variables

The following provides information contained in the tabular datafiles. Refer to the provincial coverage list for 1990 or 1991 to get information on the coverage by province. Information is also available on the units of measure and missing data codes.

Files and formats
  1990a1.dbf,  1991a1.dbf   dBase IV datafiles
  1990a1.e00,  1991a1.e00   ARC/INFO export files

Variables
V_ID = variable ID, where X = 0 for 1990 variables and X = 1 for 1991 
       variables (eg. A1990003 is in 1990 file and A1991003 is in 1991 file).
CVER1990 = number of counties reported in 1990
CVER1991 = number of counties reported in 1991
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V_ID      CVER1990  CVER1991  Variable Description
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A199X001     856       960    Land Area
A199X002      37        35    Prairie Area
A199X003      37        35    Utilizable Prairie Area
A199X004       0         0    County
A199X005       0         0    District
A199X006     379       460    Township (Town)
A199X007     378       459    Village
A199X008     222       221    Village Small Team


SPECIAL NOTE: The 1991 Qinghai yearbook provided statistics that combined together data for two units. For these units the missing code of -88888 has been entered in both unit's record. The data which have been excluded are:

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GB Code   A1991001  A1991002  A1991003
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 632821      36107     2830       2697 (which includes 632802)
 632124                 197        184 (which includes 632121)


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