Description

GEO1_BZ2015 identifies the household's district of residence within Belize in the 2015 MICS survey. Districts are the primary level of geography in Belize.

The first three digits of GEO1_BZ2015 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 Belize include the spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_BZ that applies to all Belize samples, the sample-specific GEO1_BZ2006, that applies to the 2006 survey, and the sample-specific GEO1_BZ2011, that applies to the 2011 survey.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_BZ2015 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.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• Belize: 2015