Definition
REGNPH indicates the region in the Philippines in which the household was enumerated. It is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the Philippines samples. REGNPH corresponds to the regional organization found in the 2010 census sample.
The full set of geography variables for the Philippines 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.