Description

GEO2_ET1984 identifies the household's awraja within Ethiopia in 1984. Awrajas are the second level administrative units of the country, after regions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_ ET1984 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Ethiopia 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

The 1984 Ethiopian sample is not included in the spatially harmonized second level geography.

Note that a few awaraja's are not available in the IPUMS sample data.

The 1984 Ethiopian sample predates the creation of modern day Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993 following which the geography of Ethiopia has changed considerably from awraja to zones. Also, the boundary between Ethiopia and Eritrea has been a source of dispute since Eritrea became independent in 1993.

Universe

Availability

• Ethiopia: 1984