Description

GEO_NP1996_2016 reports the subregion in Nepal where the respondent was interviewed, using as units five development regions with consistent boundaries across samples.

Labels identify the modern geographic units (provinces) contained in each integrated region. Each sample also has its own non-integrated geography variable. GEO_NP1996_2011 provides spatially consistent units over time through the 2011 Nepalese survey, using a combination of development regions and ecological regions. A second integrated geographic variable for Nepal, GEO_NP2016_2022, provides spatially consistent units over time with less geographic detail, using seven regions as the units. A third integrated variable for Nepal, GEOALT_NP1996_2022, identifies the three ecological regions across time. Each Nepalese sample also has its own sample-specific geography variable.

Download an integrated GIS map (in shapefile format) for Nepal, using the units and boundaries in GEO_NP1996_2016

Comparability

GEO_NP1996_2016 is comparable across samples. The 2022 sample did not report results for development regions.

In 2015, the administrative divisions of Nepal were reorganized into seven provinces with different boundaries than earlier first-level administrative units (development regions) had. The integrated variable GEO_NP1996_2016 uses development regions for consistency across time, even though these units were no longer the first-level administrative unit for Nepal by the time of the 2016 Nepalese sample.

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