Description

GEO2_CR1973 identifies the household's canton within Costa Rica in 1973. Cantons are the second level administrative units of the country, after provinces. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_CR1973 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Costa Rica 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

Cantons with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring cantons within the same provinces to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

Availability

• Costa Rica: 1973