Definition
GEO2_ES1981 identifies the household?s province within Spain in 1981. Provinces are the second level administrative units of the country, after communities and autonomous cities. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_ES1981 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Spain can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.