Description

GEO1_ CD2017 identifies the household's province and neutral city of residence within the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 2017 MICS survey. Provinces are the primary level of geography in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The first three digits of GEO1_ CD2017 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 Democratic Republic of Congo include the spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_CD applying to all samples, and sample-specific geography for 2010 in GEO1_CD2010.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_CD2017 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

• Congo Democratic Republic: 2017