Description

GEO3_BD2011 identifies the household's upazila within Bangladesh in 2011. Upazilas are the third level administrative units of the country, after divisions and zilas. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO3_BD2011 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Bangladesh 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

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

Universe

Availability

• Bangladesh: 2011