IPUMS DHS: descr: GEOALT

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GEOALT_SL2013 (GEOALT_SL2013)

Sierra Leone districts, 2013 [GIS]

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

Code	Label	sleone 13
11	Kailahun	X
12	Kenema	X
13	Kono	X
21	Bombali	X
22	Kambia	X
23	Koinadugu	X
24	Port Loko	X
25	Tonkolili	X
41	Bo	X
42	Bonthe	X
43	Moyamba	X
44	Pujehun	X
51	Western Rural	X
52	Western Urban	X

Description

GEOALT_SL2013 indicates the district in Sierra Leone where the respondent was interviewed. Districts are the second administrative level of geography.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_SL2008_2019, that provides spatially consistent units over time with less geographic detail (provinces). The first administrative level of geography, states, can be found in GEO_SL2013.

A GIS map for GEOALT_SL2013 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

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