Definition
GEO1A_FJ identifies the household's province within Fiji, which is the major administrative level of the country. GEO1A_FJ is spatially harmonized accounting for political boundary changes across census years. Some detail is lost in harmonization; see the comparability discussion. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1A_FJ codes can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
Only provinces with a population of 20,000 or more in 2007 are identified. Provinces with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants are grouped into a single category, which is the case of the Kadavu, Lau, Lomaiviti and Rotuma provinces.
Larger geographical units (division) are available in DIVNFJ. Other geography variables include GEO1B_FJ.