IPUMS DHS: descr: GEO

IPUMS DHS

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GEO_LK1987 (V101_LK1987)

Sri Lanka regions, 1987 [GIS[

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An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample

Code	Label	sril 87
1	Metro Colombo	X
2	Colombo feeder areas	X
3	South-W low lands	X
4	Lower-S,Central-hill	X
5	Upper-S,Central-hill	X
6	Dry zone irrigated	X
7	Dry zone rainfed	X

Description

GEO_LK1987 (V101_ LK1987) reports the region of Sri Lanka where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 1987 Sri Lanka survey are equivalent to 7 regions as 9 Socio-economic and Ecological Zones.

A GIS map for GEO_LK1987 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page. Note that some of the regions in GEO_LK1987, including the irrigated dry zone and the rainfed dry zone, are not contiguous.

Comparability

The 1987 sample for Sri Lanka includes 7 regions as 9 Socio-economic and Ecological Zones, minus the 2 excluded zones of the Eastern Coastal Belt and Northern Province, which are excluded from the survey.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_LK1987, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.

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