Description

GEO1_CI identifies the household's region within Côte d'Ivoire in all sample years. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. GEO1_CI is spatially harmonized to account for political boundary changes across census years. Some detail is lost in harmonization. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_CI can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Côte d'Ivoire 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

Where boundaries changed over time, units were harmonized to create units with boundaries that remain stable over time.

Boundary changes:

• The regions of Lagunes, Sud Comoé, Sud Bandama, and Agneby were created from Sud.
• The regions of Haut Sassandra, Marahoué, and Fromager were created from Centre-Ouest.
• Centre-Est was renamed Moyen Comoé
• The region of Lacs and part of N’Zi Comoé were created from Centre.
• Vallée du Bandam and part of N’Zi Comoé were created from Centre-Nord.
• Nord was renamed Savanes
• The regions of Montagnes and Moyen Cavally were created from Ouest
• Nord-Est was renamed Zanzan
• Sud-Ouest was renamed Bas Sassandra
• The regions of Denguele, Worodougou, and Bafing were created from Nord-Ouest

Universe

Availability

• Côte d'Ivoire: 1988, 1998