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Most IPUMS data transformations are performed using variable harmonization tables that specify how each value in the source data is recoded. Some variables also require programming logic in addition to the harmonization table. The harmonization documents for this variable are:
- Harmonization table
- No supplemental programming
- Instructions for interpreting harmonization documents
Description
GEO1_VN identifies the household's province within Vietnam in all sample years. Provinces are the first level administrative units of the country. GEO1_VN is spatially harmonized to account for political boundary changes across census years. Some detail is lost in harmonization; see the comparability discussion. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_VN can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Vietnam 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
Where boundaries changed over time, units were harmonized to create units with boundaries that remain stable over time. There were several boundary changes in Vietnam; we list boundary changes through time that are reflected in the IPUMS samples.
- 1992:
- Hà Tuyên province split into Hà Giang and Tuyên Quang.
- Hoang Lien Son province split into Là o Cai and Yên Bái.
- Nghá» TÄ©nh province split into HÃ TÄ©nh and Nghá» An.
- Gia Lai-Kon Tum province split into Gia Lai and Kon Tum.
- Part of Äá»ng Nai province annexed to VÅ©ng Tà u-Con Dao special zone to form Bà Rá»a - VÅ©ng Tà u province.
- Thuáºn Hai province split into Bình Thuáºn and Ninh Thuáºn.
- Háºu Giang province split into Cần ThÆ¡ and Sóc TrÄng.
- Cuu Long province split into Trà Vinh and Vĩnh Long.
- 1996:
- Bắc Thái province split into Bắc Kạn and Thái Nguyên
- Ha Bắc province split into Bắc Giang and Bắc Ninh
- Hải Hưng province split into Hải Dương and Hưng Yên
- Minh Hai province split into Bạc Liêu and Cà Mau
- Nam Hà (Hà Nam Ninh) province split into Hà Nam and Nam Äá»nh
- Quảng Nam - Äà Nẵng province split into Quảng Nam province and Äà Nẵng municipality
- Song Be province split into Bình DÆ°Æ¡ng and Bình PhÆ°á»c
- Vĩnh Phú province split into Phú ThỠand Vĩnh Phúc.
- 2003:
- Cần ThÆ¡ province split into Cần ThÆ¡ municipality and Háºu Giang province
- Äắk Nông province split from Äắk Lắk
- Äiá»n Biên province split from Lai Châu
- 2008:
- Ha Tay province and parts of Hoà Bình and VÄ©nh Phúc provinces merged with Hà Ná»i municipality
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Vietnam: 1989, 1999, 2009, 2019
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