Description

GEO1_BF2006 identifies the household's region within Burkina Faso in 2006. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_BF2006 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Burkina Faso 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

• Burkina Faso: 2006