Description

GEO1_BD identifies the household's division within Bangladesh in all MICS sample years. Divisions are the first level administrative units of the country.

The first three digits of GEO1_BD 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 has less than three-digit geographical code.  Other geography variables for Bangladesh include GEO1_BD2006, GEO1_BD2012, GEO1_BD2019 and GEO2_BD.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_BD is available on the GIS Boundary files page. The full set of geography variables for Bangladesh can be found in the IPUMS MICS Geography variables list.

Comparability

The geographic units identified in the 2006, 2012 and the 2019 surveys have different spatial footprints. GEO1_BD units have been harmonized to provide spatially consistent boundaries across survey years. The full original survey detail is retained in GEO1_BD2006, which provides the codes and boundaries for 2006, GEO1_BD2012, which provides the codes and boundaries for 2012, and GEO1_AR2019, which provides the codes and boundaries for 2019.

Boundary changes:

• Rangpur was formed from Rajshahi in 2010
• Mymensingh was formed from Dhaka in 2015

Universe

Availability

• Bangladesh: 2006, 2012, 2019