Description

GEO1_ GY2019 identifies the household's region of residence within Guyana in the 2019 MICS survey. Regions are the primary level of geography in Guyana.

The first three digits of GEO1_ GY2019 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 includes spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_GY that applies to all Guyana samples, and the sample-specific GEO1_GY2006, that applies to the 2006 survey, and GEO1_GY2014, that applies to the 2014 survey.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_GY2019 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

• Guyana: 2019