# India Data Not Able to be Selected

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/india-data-not-able-to-be-selected/3934>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/india-data-not-able-to-be-selected/3934 "2021-01-14T15:24:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arthur\_Acolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Arthur\_Acolin](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Arthur_Acolin)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/india-data-not-able-to-be-selected/3934/1 "2021-01-14T15:24:02Z")

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Hello,  
It does not seem to be possible to select India as a sample even if the India samples are shown when selecting variables. Have India data been removed?  
Thank you,  
Arthur

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**Author:** ![KariWilliams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@KariWilliams](https://forum.ipums.org/u/KariWilliams)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/india-data-not-able-to-be-selected/3934/2 "2021-01-15T20:16:37Z")

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The India data are not census data, but rather survey data. As such, you will need to select these samples from the “surveys” tab of the sample selection page (see below).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/ipums/original/1X/06ae109ffb36664ea64f8e0c34a9e7678690ff4a.png)