Description

GEO1_MW1987 identifies the household’s district within Malawi in 1987. Districts are the first level administrative units of the country. . A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_MW1987 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Malawi 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

Districts with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring districts to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

• Likoma is combined with Nkhata Bay for confidentiality reasons.

Universe

Availability

• Malawi: 1987