Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO1_ DO1960 identifies the household's province within Dominican Republic in 1960. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ DO1960 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Dominican Republic 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
Provinces with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring provinces to create units with populations greater than 20,000.
- Monte Cristi, Santiago Rodríguez are combined for confidentiality reasons.
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Dominican Republic: 1960
