Codes and Frequencies
Description
ETHNICITYSN (V131SN) is a variable specific to Senegal that reports the respondent's ethnic group. Responses to this variable differ across samples. See Comparability.
Comparability
The question wording for ETHNICITYSN (V131SN), "What is your ethnicity?" was consistent across samples, but the response categories included in the questionnaires were not consistent. While five ethnic groups (with codes 01 through 05) are reported for all Senegalese samples, the number of ethnic groups identified generally increased over time. IPUMS-DHS therefore uses a composite coding system, in which other groups (beyond the first five) share a common first digit of "1," with specific detail preserved by the code's second digit.
Comparability - Standard DHS
ETHNICITY (V131) is a country-specific variable included in the standard DHS questionnaire for Phase 2 forward, with no standard wording or response categories.
Universe
- Senegal 1986: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 1992: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 1997: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2006: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2021: All women age 15-49.
