Description

GEO1_GY2006 identifies the household's region of residence within Guyana in the 2006 MICS survey. Regions are the primary level of geography in Guyana.

The first three digits of GEO1_GY2006 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 Guyana include the spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_GY that applies to all samples, the sample-specific GEO1_GY2014 that applies to the 2014 survey, and the sample-specific GEO1_GY2019 that applies to the 2019 survey.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_GY2006 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

For 2006: 10 districts were grouped into five regions:

• Region 1, 7, 8, 9 - Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
• Region 2, 3 - Pomeroon-Supenaam, Essequibo Islands, West Demerara
• Region 5, 6 - Mahaica-Berbice, East Berbice-Corentyne
• Region 4 - Demerara-Mahaica
• Region 10 - Upper Demerara-Berbice

Universe

Availability

• Guyana: 2006