Description

GEO2_MA1982 identifies the household's province within Morocco in 1982. Provinces are the second level administrative units of the country, after regions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_MA1982 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Morocco 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

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

The entirety of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, the vast majority of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, and part of Guelmim-Es Semara were situated within the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Universe

Availability

• Morocco: 1982