Definition
    
                                    GEO1_PL1988 identifies the household's voivodship within Poland in 1988. Voivodships are the first level administrative units of the country.  A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_PL1988 can be downloaded from the  GIS Boundary files  page in the IPUMS International web site.  
The full set of geography variables for Poland 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.