Description

GEO1_ZA1996 identifies the household's province (provinsie) within South Africa in 1996. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ZA1996 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for South Africa can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

Comparability — General

Provinces for 1996 are not included in the spatially harmonized variable due to substantial changes in boundaries, specifically redrawing internal boundaries in the urban areas post-apartheid South Africa.

Universe

Availability

• South Africa: 1996