Description

GEO_BD2018 (V101_BD2018) reports the region of Bangladesh where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2018 Bangladesh survey are equivalent to divisions.

Other sample years for Bangladesh have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_BD1994_2018, that provides spatially consistent units for Bangladesh over time.

A GIS map for GEO_BD2018 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_ BD2018 (V101_BD2018) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_ BD2018, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 (and the equivalent variables of MV101 for men and HV024 for household members) are included in all Phases of the DHS.

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