Description

GEO1_TT1970 identifies the household's region within Trinidad and Tobago in 1970. Regions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_TT1970 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Trinidad and Tobago can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

Comparability — General

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

• Arima is combined with Saint George for confidentiality purposes.

Universe

Availability

• Trinidad and Tobago: 1970