Demographic and Health Surveys
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
madag
13
|
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Equatorial | X |
| 02 | Tropical | X |
| 03 | Sub-Desert | X |
| 04 | High Plateaux | X |
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GEO_MG2013 (V101_MG2013) indicates the region of Madagascar where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2013 Madagascar survey are equivalent to malaria transmission zones.
Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables.
A GIS map for GEO_MG2013 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.
GEO_MG2013 (V101_MG2013) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.
Three cities, Antananarivo, Antsirabe, and Flanarantsoa, and areas greater than 1500 meters above sea level were excluded from the 2013 survey.
Comparability - Standard DHS
GEO_MG2013, 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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