Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO1_AR2011 identifies the household's region of residence within Argentina in the 2011 MICS survey. Regions in Argentina are groups of provinces. Provinces are the primary level of geography in Argentina.
The first three digits of GEO1_AR2011 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. Other geography variables for Argentina include the spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_AR that applies to all Argentina samples, and the sample-specific GEO1_AR2019, that applies to the 2019 survey.
A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_AR2011 is available on the GIS Boundary files page. The full set of geography variables for all MICS samples and country can be found at IPUMS MICS Geography.
Comparability
For 2011: 24 provinces were grouped into six regions:
- Greater Buenos Aires (GBA)
- Cuyo: San Juan, San Luis, Mendoza
- Northeast (NEA): Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones
- Northwest (NOA): Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman, Catamarca, La Rioja,
- Pampean: Buenos Aires province, La Pampa, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios
- Patagonia: Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Chubut, Río Negro
Universe
- Argentina 2011: Women age 15-49
Availability
- Argentina: 2011
