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Codes
DISTRICT is a 3-digit variable.
Description
DISTRICT (SDIST) is the geographic district where the person's household is located. This variable is country- and sample-specific. A district with a given numeric code in one sample for a country does not cover the same geographic area in a second sample for that country, even if the districts have the same numeric code.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, DISTRICT has no comparability problems.
However, DISTRICT is sample-specific, and the areas defined by DISTRICT may change over time within a country.
Comparability - Standard
DISTRICT is a geographic variable added during processing the DHS data.
Universe
- Cote d'Ivoire 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2004: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1991: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1999: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2004: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 1995: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2006: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 1996: All women age 15-49.
Cote d'Ivoire:
1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B
Ghana:
2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2003-B, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W, 2008-C
Kenya:
1998-W, 1998-B, 1998-C, 1998-W, 2003-B, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2008-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W
Malawi:
2004-B, 2004-W, 2004-W, 2004-C
Tanzania:
1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B, 1996-W, 1996-B, 1996-C, 1999-C, 1999-B, 1999-W, 2004-C, 2004-B, 2004-W, 2004-W, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2015-B, 2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-W
Uganda:
1995-W, 1995-C, 1995-B, 2006-B, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2006-W, 2016-W, 2016-W, 2016-B, 2016-C
Zambia:
1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B
