Description

GEO1_AR2019 identifies the household's region of residence within Argentina in the 2019 MICS survey. Regions in Argentina are groups of provinces. Provinces are the primary level of geography in Argentina.

The first three digits of GEO1_AR2019 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_AR2011, that applies to the 2011 survey.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_AR2019 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 2019: 24 provinces were grouped into seven regions:

• Greater Buenos Aires (GBA)
• Buenos Aires province
• Cuyo: San Juan, San Luis, Mendoza
• Northeast (NEA): Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones
• Northwest (NOA): Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman, Catamarca, La Rioja,
• Pampean: La Pampa, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios
• Patagonia: Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Chubut, Río Negro

Universe

Availability

• Argentina: 2019