Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO2_MZ1997 identifies the household’s district within Mozambique in 1997. Districts are the second level administrative units of the country, after provinces. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_MZ1997 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Mozambique 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
Districts with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring districts within the same province to create populations greater than 20,000.
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Mozambique: 1997
