Description

MIG2_1_BF indicates the person's province of residence in Burkina Faso 1 year ago. Migration province codes from MIG2_1_BF are compatible with codes from GEO2_BF.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

Comparability — General

Where boundaries changed over time, units were harmonized to create units with boundaries that remain stable over time. Boundary changes for MIG2_1_BF
are too numerous to list here, but users should be aware that there were changes over time.

Provinces in Burkina Faso are not available for the 1985 sample because an entirely different organization of geography was used at the time. In the 1985 sample the primary administrative level was organized into thirty provinces, but after 1985, the primary administrative level of Burkina Faso was completely reorganized into thirteen regions. This dramatic change in geographic organization makes integration between the 1985 sample and the later samples impossible.

See MIG2ALT_1_BF for province of residence 1 year ago for the 1985 sample.

Universe

Availability

• Burkina Faso: 1996, 2006