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Code
Label
egypt
88
1
Urban Governates
X
2
Lower Egypt - Urban
X
3
Lower Egypt - Rural
X
4
Upper Egypt - Urban
X
5
Upper Egypt - Rural
X
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Description
GEO_EG1988 (V101_EG1988) indicates the region of Egypt where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 1988 Egypt survey are equivalent to grouped governorates.
Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also integrated variables, GEO_EG1988_2014 and GEOALT_EG1988_2014, that provide spatially consistent units over time.
A GIS map for GEO_EG1988 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.
Comparability
For GEO_EG1988 (V101_EG1988), the Frontier group of governorates was excluded from the 1988 survey.
Comparability - Standard DHS
GEO_EG1988, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.
