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GEO2_PG1980
Papua New Guinea, District 1980 [Level 2, GIS]

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Description

GEO2_PG1980 identifies the household's district within Papua New Guinea in 1980. Districts are the second level administrative units of the country, after provinces. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_PG1980 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Papua New Guinea 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

Where officially-defined municipalities have populations less than 20,000, they have been regionalized (combined) with neighboring municipalities.

Universe

  • All households

Availability

  • Papua New Guinea: 1980