Description

GEO1_MN identifies the household's region of residence within Mongolia in the 2005 through 2018 MICS surveys. Regions in Mongolia are groups of provinces. Provinces are the primary level of geography in Mongolia.

The first three digits of GEO1_MN 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 Mongolia include GEO2_MN, GEO1ALT_MN, and GEO3_MN.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_MN is available on the GIS Boundary files page. The full set of geography variables for all MICS samples and country can be found at IPUMS MICS Geography.

Comparability

Although the regions in Mongolia do not correspond to any level of administrative geography, each region includes certain provinces that are the primary administrative divisions in Mongolia. Below, is a list the regions and their corresponding provinces:

• Western: Zavkhan, Gobi-Altai, Bayan-Ulgii, Khovd, Uvs
• Khangai: Orkhon, Uvurkhangai, Bulgan, Bayankhongor, Arkhangai, Khuvsgul
• Central: Tuv, Gobisumber, Selenge, Dornogobi, Darkhan-Uul, Omnogobi, Dundgobi
• Eastern: Dornod, Sukhbaatar, Khentii
• Ulaanbaatar

Universe

Availability

• Mongolia: 2005, 2010, 2013, 2018