Description

GEO2_ PK_ BL19 identifies the household's district of residence within the Balochistan province of Pakistan in the 2010 MICS survey. Districts are the third administrative level of geography in Pakistan, after provinces and divisions.

The first six digits of GEO2_PK_ BL19 provide the codes for GEO1_PK; the last three digits specifies the district code 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 Pakistan includes spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_PK and GEO2_PK, and sample specific geography for Balochistan in GEO2_PK_BL10.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO2_PK_ BL19 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

Each MICS survey surveyed a separate division (first administrative level) of Pakistan and not all divisions were surveyed in the 2010 through 2019 surveys. Below we list the divisions and the survey years for the divisions.

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 2016, 2019
• Federally Administered Tribal Areas: 2019
• Punjab: 2011, 2014, 2017
• Sindh: 2014, 2018
• Balochistan: 2010, 2019
• Islamabad: Not surveyed
• Gilgit-Baltistan: 2016
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Not surveyed

Universe

Availability

• Pakistan (Balochistan): 2019