Description

GEO2ALT_ SL2015 identifies the household's chiefdom within Sierra Leone in 2015. Chiefdoms are the second level administrative units of the country, after districts. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2ALT_ SL2015 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

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

Comparability — General

Sierra Leone adopted new geography boundaries in 2017, following the 2015 census. GEO2ALT_ SL2015 corresponds to these new geography boundaries. GEO2_SL2015 displays boundaries that are at par with the older 2004 boundaries.

Chiefdoms with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring chiefdoms within the same district to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

Availability

• Sierra Leone: 2015