Description

GEO1_EC1990 identifies the household's province within Ecuador in 1990. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_EC1990 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.
• El Piedrero [disputed zone] is combined with Cañar for confidentiality reasons.
• Los Golondrinas [disputed zone] is combined with Imbabura for confidentiality reasons.
• Manga del Cura [disputed zone] is combined with Manabí for confidentiality reasons.

Universe

Availability

• Ecuador: 1990