Description

GEO3_MZ1997 identifies the household's administrative post within Mozambique in 1997. Districts are the third level administrative units of the country, after provinces and districts. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO3_MZ1997 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Mozambique 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

Administrative posts with very low populations were regionalized (combined) with neighboring posts within the same regionalized district to create units with larger populations.

Universe

Availability

• Mozambique: 1997