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Code
Label
togo
17
1
Greater Lomé Area
X
2
Maritime (excluding Greater Lomé Area)
X
3
Plateaux
X
4
Centrale
X
5
Kara
X
6
Savanes
X
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Description
GEO_TG2017 (V101_TG2017) reports the region of Togo where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2017 Togo survey are equivalent to regions, which are administrative areas divided into prefectures.
Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables for Togo.
A GIS map for GEO_TG2017 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.
Comparability
GEO_TG2017 (V101_TG2017) is a country and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.
Comparability - Standard DHS
GEO_TG2017, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 (and the equivalent variables of HV024 for household members and MV101 for men) are included in all Phases of the DHS.
