Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO2_UG1991 identifies the household's county within Uganda in 1991. Counties are the second level administrative units of the country, after districts. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_UG1991 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Uganda 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
Counties with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring counties within the same district to create units with populations greater than 20,000.
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Uganda: 1991
