Description

GEO2_ BR1960 identifies the household's municipality within Brazil in 1960. Municipalities are the second level administrative units of the country, after states. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_ BR1960 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Brazil 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

• The island of Fernando de Noronha was under military authority until 1981 and had been administered by the state of Pernambuco.
• Serra dos Aimorés is separately identified in the 1960 sample. It was in dispute between Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo and was split between the two states after 1960.
• Guanabara is separately identified in the 1960 sample. It was a city-state that existed from 1960 to 1975 and merged with the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975.

Missing states: The 1960 sample is missing 11 states and their corresponding municipalities, including the entire North region. These states are:

• Rondônia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Roraima
• Pará
• Amapá
• Maranhão
• Piauí
• Guanabara
• Espírito Santo
• Santa Catarina

Universe

Availability

• Brazil: 1960