Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO2_BY identifies the household's raion within Belarus. Raions are the second level administrative units of the country, after regions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_BY can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Belarus 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
Raions with populations less than 20,000 were regionalized (combined) with neighboring raions within the same region to create units with populations greater than 20,000.
GEO2_BY is only available for the 2009 sample.
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Belarus: 2009
