Description

GEO2_CI1988 identifies the household’s department within Côte d'Ivoire in 1988. Departments are the second level administrative units of the country, after regions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_CI1988 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site

The full set of geography variables for Côte d'Ivoire 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

Where officially-defined departments have populations less than 20,000, they have been regionalized (combined) with neighboring departments.

Universe

Availability

• Côte d'Ivoire: 1988