Description

GEO1_UZ identifies the household's geo-economical region of residence within Uzbekistan in the 2006 and 2021 MICS surveys. The geo-economical regions in Uzbekistan do not correspond to any level of administrative geography, but they are composed of oblasts/republic that are the primary administrative divisions in Uzbekistan. Below, are the geo-economical regions and the corresponding oblasts/republic:

• Western: Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khorezm oblast
• Central: Bukhara, Navoi, Samarkhand oblasts
• Southern: Kashkadarya, Surkhandarya oblasts
• Central-Eastern: Jjizzakh, Syrdarya, Taskentskaya oblasts
• Eastern: Andizhan, Namangan, Fergana oblasts
• Tashkent city

The first three digits of GEO1_UZ 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.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_UZ 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

• Uzbekistan: 2006, 2021