Description

GEO1_BD2011 identifies the household's division (bibhag) within Bangladesh in 2011. Divisions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_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

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• Bangladesh: 2011