Description

GEO2_FJ1976 identifies the household's province within Fiji in 1976. Provinces are the second level administrative units of the country, after divisions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_FJ1976 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Fiji 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.

Comparability — General

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

Universe

Availability

• Fiji: 1976