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REGIONW

Continent and region of country

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Description

REGIONW identifies the continent and region of each country.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL

France

Comparability — General

Countries are classified into regions based on the United Nations "Standard Area Codes for Statistical Use." The composition of the regions is described below.

AFRICA

Eastern Africa

Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Middle Africa

Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe

Northern Africa

Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara

Southern Africa

Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland

Western Africa

Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cote d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

AMERICAS

Caribbean

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint-Barthelemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin (French part)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States Virgin Islands

Central America

Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama

South America

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

North America

Bermuda
Canada
Greenland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States of America

ASIA

Central Asia

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Eastern Asia

China
Hong Kong
Macao
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Japan
Mongolia
Republic of Korea

Southern Asia

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

South-Eastern Asia

Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam

Western Asia

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

EUROPE

Eastern Europe

Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Ukraine

Northern Europe

Aland Islands
Channel Islands
Denmark
Estonia
Faeroe Islands
Finland
Guernsey
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jersey
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Sweden
United Kingdom

Southern Europe

Albania
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Gibraltar
Greece
Holy See
Italy
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Western Europe

Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland

OCEANIA

Australia and New Zealand

Australia
New Zealand
Norfolk Island

Melanesia

Fiji
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu

Micronesia

Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau

Polynesia

American Samoa
Cook Islands
French Polynesia
Niue
Pitcairn
Samoa
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Wallis and Futuna Islands

Comparability — France [top]

The 2006 and 2011 France samples include cases from 4 overseas territories.

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All households

Availability

Argentina: 1970, 1980, 1991, 2001, 2010
Armenia: 2001, 2011
Austria: 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011
Bangladesh: 1991, 2001, 2011
Belarus: 1999, 2009
Benin: 1979, 1992, 2002, 2013
Bolivia: 1976, 1992, 2001, 2012
Botswana: 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011
Brazil: 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000, 2010
Burkina Faso: 1985, 1996, 2006
Cambodia: 1998, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2019
Cameroon: 1976, 1987, 2005
Canada: 1852, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011
Chile: 1960, 1970, 1982, 1992, 2002, 2017
China: 1982, 1990, 2000
Colombia: 1964, 1973, 1985, 1993, 2005
Costa Rica: 1963, 1973, 1984, 2000, 2011
Cuba: 2002, 2012
Côte d'Ivoire: 1988, 1998
Denmark: 1787, 1801, 1845, 1880, 1885
Dominican Republic: 1960, 1970, 1981, 2002, 2010
Ecuador: 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 2001, 2010
Egypt: 1848, 1868, 1986, 1996, 2006
El Salvador: 1992, 2007
Ethiopia: 1984, 1994, 2007
Fiji: 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2007, 2014
Finland: 2010
France: 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999, 2006, 2011
Germany: 1819, 1970, 1971, 1981, 1987
Ghana: 1984, 2000, 2010
Greece: 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011
Guatemala: 1964, 1973, 1981, 1994, 2002
Guinea: 1983, 1996, 2014
Haiti: 1971, 1982, 2003
Honduras: 1961, 1974, 1988, 2001
Hungary: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2001, 2011
Iceland: 1703, 1729, 1801, 1901, 1910
India: 1983, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2009
Indonesia: 1971, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010
Iran: 2006, 2011
Iraq: 1997
Ireland: 1901, 1911, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2016
Israel: 1972, 1983, 1995, 2008
Italy: 2001, 2011, 2011Q1, 2012Q1, 2013Q1, 2014Q1, 2015Q1, 2016Q1, 2017Q1, 2018Q1, 2019Q1, 2020Q1
Jamaica: 1982, 1991, 2001
Jordan: 2004
Kenya: 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009
Kyrgyzstan: 1999, 2009
Laos: 1995, 2005, 2015
Lesotho: 1996, 2006
Liberia: 1974, 2008
Malawi: 1987, 1998, 2008
Malaysia: 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000
Mali: 1987, 1998, 2009
Mauritius: 1990, 2000, 2011
Mexico: 1960, 1970, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2005Q1, 2005Q2, 2005Q3, 2005Q4, 2006Q1, 2006Q2, 2006Q3, 2006Q4, 2007Q1, 2007Q2, 2007Q3, 2007Q4, 2008Q1, 2008Q2, 2008Q3, 2008Q4, 2009Q1, 2009Q2, 2009Q3, 2009Q4, 2010, 2010Q1, 2010Q2, 2010Q3, 2010Q4, 2011Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q4, 2012Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q4, 2013Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q4, 2014Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q4, 2015, 2015Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q4, 2016Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q4, 2017Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q4, 2018Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q4, 2019Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q4, 2020, 2020Q1, 2020Q3
Mongolia: 1989, 2000
Morocco: 1982, 1994, 2004, 2014
Mozambique: 1997, 2007
Myanmar: 2014
Nepal: 2001, 2011
Netherlands: 1960, 1971, 2001, 2011
Nicaragua: 1971, 1995, 2005
Nigeria: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Norway: 1801, 1865, 1875, 1900, 1910
Pakistan: 1973, 1981, 1998
Palestine: 1997, 2007, 2017
Panama: 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010
Papua New Guinea: 1980, 1990, 2000
Paraguay: 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002
Peru: 1993, 2007, 2017
Philippines: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2010
Poland: 1978, 1988, 2002, 2011
Portugal: 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011
Puerto Rico: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
Romania: 1977, 1992, 2002, 2011
Russia: 2002, 2010
Rwanda: 1991, 2002, 2012
Saint Lucia: 1980, 1991
Senegal: 1988, 2002, 2013
Sierra Leone: 2004, 2015
Slovakia: 1991, 2001, 2011
Slovenia: 2002
South Africa: 1996, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016
South Sudan: 2008
Spain: 1981, 1991, 2001, 2005Q1, 2005Q2, 2005Q3, 2005Q4, 2006Q1, 2006Q2, 2006Q3, 2006Q4, 2007Q1, 2007Q2, 2007Q3, 2007Q4, 2008Q1, 2008Q2, 2008Q3, 2008Q4, 2009Q1, 2009Q2, 2009Q3, 2009Q4, 2010Q1, 2010Q2, 2010Q3, 2010Q4, 2011, 2011Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q4, 2012Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q4, 2013Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q4, 2014Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q4, 2015Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q4, 2016Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q4, 2017Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q4, 2018Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q4, 2019Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q4, 2020Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020Q4
Sudan: 2008
Suriname: 2004, 2012
Sweden: 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910
Switzerland: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2011
Tanzania: 1988, 2002, 2012
Thailand: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000
Togo: 1960, 1970, 2010
Trinidad and Tobago: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2011
Turkey: 1985, 1990, 2000
Uganda: 1991, 2002, 2014
Ukraine: 2001
United Kingdom: 1851a, 1851b, 1851c, 1861a, 1861b, 1871b, 1881a, 1881b, 1891a, 1891b, 1901a, 1901b, 1911, 1961, 1971, 1991, 2001
United States: 1850a, 1850b, 1860, 1870, 1880a, 1880b, 1900, 1910, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
Uruguay: 1963, 1975, 1985, 1996, 2006, 2011
Venezuela: 1971, 1981, 1990, 2001
Vietnam: 1989, 1999, 2009, 2019
Zambia: 1990, 2000, 2010
Zimbabwe: 2012

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