Description
GEO1_ BJ identifies the household's department of residence within Benin in the 2014 to 2021 MICS surveys. Departments are the primary level of geography in Benin.
The first three digits of GEO1_BJ provide the country code; the last three digits specify the geographic unit within the country. Leading zeros are used when the geographical unit within the country requires less than a three-digit code.
A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_BJ is available on the GIS Boundary files page. The full set of geography variables for all MICS samples and countries can be found at IPUMS MICS Geography.
