Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO3_ ET1994 identifies the household's wereda within Ethiopia in 1994. Weredas are the third level administrative units of the country, after zones. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO3_ ET1994 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Ethiopia 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
Weredas with populations less than 20,000 were regionalized (combined) with neighboring weredas within the same region/zone to create units with populations greater than 20,000.
Universe
- all households
Availability
- Ethiopia: 1994
