Description
GEO1_ NG2008 identifies the household's state within Nigeria in 2008. States are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ NG2008 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Nigeria 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.
