Description

GEO2_ SL2004 identifies the household's chiefdom/ward within Sierra Leone in 2004. Chiefdoms/wards are the second level administrative units of the country, after districts. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_ SL2004 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Sierra Leone 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

Chiefdoms/wards with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring chiefdoms/wards within the same district to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

Availability

• Sierra Leone: 2004