Description
GEO1_LA2005 identifies the household's province within the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 2005. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_LA2005 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for the Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.
