Description

GEO3_PK_PJ identifies the household's tehsil of residence within the Punjab province of Pakistan in the 2011 MICS survey. Tehsils are the fourth level of geography in Pakistan, after provinces, divisions, and districts.

The first six digits of GEO3_PK_PJ provide the codes for GEO2_PK without the ISO country code; the last three digits specifies the tehesil 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.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO3_PK_PJ 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

GEO3_PK_PJ is only available for the 2011 MICS survey, which was carried out in the Punjab Province. GEO1_PK provides the division codes and boundaries for all samples, and GEO2_PK provides the district codes and boundaries for all samples.

Universe

Availability

• Pakistan (Punjab): 2011