Description

GEO3_ZW2012 identifies the household's ward within Zimbabwe in 2012. Wards are the third level administrative units of the country, after districts and provinces. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO3_ZW2012 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Zimbabwe 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

Wards with populations less than 20,000 were regionalized (combined) with neighboring wards within the same district to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

Availability

• Zimbabwe: 2012