Description

GEO2_ ML2009 identifies the household's circle within Mali in 2009. Circles are the second level administrative units of the country, after regions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_ ML2009 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Mali 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

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

Universe

Availability

• Mali: 2009