Description

BPL1_BF indicates the person's region of birth in Burkina Faso for the 1996 and 2006 samples. Birthplace region codes from BPL1_BF are compatible with codes from GEO1_BF. Refer to BPL2_BF and BPL2ALT_BF for a person's province of birth.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

Comparability — General

Regions in Burkina Faso are not available for the 1985 sample because an entirely different organization of geography was used at the time. In the 1985 sample the primary administrative level was organized into thirty provinces, but after 1985, the primary administrative level of Burkina Faso was completely reorganized into thirteen regions. This dramatic change in geographic organization makes integration between the 1985 sample and the later samples impossible.

There are no comparability issues between the 1996 and 2006 samples.

See BPL1ALT_BF for province of birth for the 1985 sample.

Universe

Availability

• Burkina Faso: 1996, 2006