Description

GEO1_ DO1981 identifies the household's province within Dominican Republic in 1981. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_ DO1981 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.

• Independencia and Pedernales are combined for confidentiality reasons.

Universe

Availability

• Dominican Republic: 1981