Description

GEO1_SR2006 identifies the household's region (groups of district) of residence within Suriname in the 2006 MICS survey. Districts are the primary level of geography in Suriname.

The first three digits of GEO1_SR2006 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 Suriname include the spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_SR that applies to all Suriname samples, the sample-specific GEO1_SR2010, that applies to the 2010 survey, and GEO1_SR2018, that applies to the 2018 survey.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_SR2006 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:

• Paramaribo
• Wanica and Para
• Nickerie, Coronie, and Saramacca
• Commewijne and Marowijne
• Brokopondo and Sipaliwini

Universe

Availability

• Suriname: 2006