Description

GEO3_ CN1990 identifies the household's county within China in 1990. Counties are the third level administrative units of the country, after prefectures.

The full set of geography variables for China 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

Counties with populations less than 20,000 were combined with counties within the same province/prefecture to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

Availability

• China: 1990