IPUMS DHS: descr: GEO

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Demographic and Health Surveys

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GEO_MG2008 (V101_MG2008)

Madagascar regions, 2008 [GIS]

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

Code	Label	madag 08
11	Analamanga	X
12	Vakinankaratra	X
13	Itasy	X
14	Bongolava	X
21	Haute Matsiatra	X
22	Anamoroni'i Mania	X
23	Vatovavy Fitovinany	X
24	Ihorombe	X
25	Atsimo Atsinanana	X
31	Atsinanana	X
32	Analanjirofo	X
33	Alaotra Mangoro	X
41	Boeny	X
42	Sofia	X
43	Betsiboka	X
44	Melaky	X
51	Atsimo Andrefana	X
52	Androy	X
53	Anosy	X
54	Menabe	X
71	Diana	X
72	Sava	X

Description

GEO_MG2008 (V101_MG2008) indicates the region of Madagascar where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2008 Madagascar survey are equivalent to regions.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_MG1992_2008, that provides spatially consistent units over time, and a second variable GEO_MG2008_2021 that corresponds to the greater detail found in the later Madagascar samples.

A GIS map for GEO_MG2008 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

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