Description

GEO1_EC1974 identifies the household's province within Ecuador in 1974. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_EC1974 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Ecuador 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.

• Galapagos Islands are combined with Guayas for confidentiality reasons.
• Disputed Zones and Pichincha are combined

Universe

Availability

• Ecuador: 1974