Description

GEO1_ PS2014 identifies the household's governorate of residence within Palestine in the 2014 MICS survey. Governorates are the primary level of geography in Palestine.

The first three digits of GEO1_ PS2014 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 Palestine includes spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_PS and sample specific geography from GEO1_PS2010.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_PS2014 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

• Palestine: 2014