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Code
Label
ghana
88
1
Western
X
2
Central
X
3
Greater Accra
X
4
Eastern
X
5
Volta
X
6
Ashanti
X
7
Brong-Ahafo
X
8
Upper W,E and Northern
X
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Description
GEO_GH1988 (V101_GH1988) indicates the region of Ghana where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 1988 Ghana survey are equivalent to grouped regions.
Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_GH1988_2016, that provides spatially consistent units over time.
A GIS map for GEO_GH1988 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.
Comparability
GEO_GH1988 (V101_GH1988) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.
Comparability - Standard DHS
GEO_GH1988, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.
