# Is it possible to request data at a higher geographic resolution than from the 2002 Rwanda census?

**URL:** https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-request-data-at-a-higher-geographic-resolution-than-from-the-2002-rwanda-census/2338
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**Created:** [May 10, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-request-data-at-a-higher-geographic-resolution-than-from-the-2002-rwanda-census/2338 "2018-05-10T21:33:00Z")
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### Author: ![kmccormack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kmccormack](https://forum.ipums.org/u/kmccormack)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-request-data-at-a-higher-geographic-resolution-than-from-the-2002-rwanda-census/2338/1 "2018-05-10T21:33:00Z")

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I have high resolution spatial data that I would like to match to demographic variables from the 2002 Rwanda census. Is it possible to request higher resolution geographic information than is available (district level) online?

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### Author: ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-request-data-at-a-higher-geographic-resolution-than-from-the-2002-rwanda-census/2338/2 "2018-05-11T15:38:00Z")

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Unfortunately, IPUMS International is restricted from providing identifying information below a given level of confidentiality. In general, the lowest level of geographic identification available in IPUMS International data is the second sub-national administrative unit. In the case of the [2002 Rwanda sample](https://international.ipums.org/international-action/sample_details/country/rw#rw2002a), this is the district level.