Description

GEO1_PE2007 identifies the household's department within Peru in 2007. Departments are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_PE2007 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Peru 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

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• Peru: 2007