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.
