Definition
METROBR indicates the metropolitan region within Brazil in which the household was enumerated for the 1991 - 2010 sample years. METROBR is harmonized by name and does not account for boundary changes over time.
The full set of geography variables for Brazil can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1 and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.