Description

GEO_MG2011 (V101_MG2011) indicates the region of Madagascar where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2011 Madagascar survey are equivalent to malaria transmission zones.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables.

A GIS map for GEO_MG2011 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_MG2011 (V101_MG2011) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Three cities, Antananarivo, Antsirabe, and Flanarantsoa, and areas greater than 1500 meters above sea level were excluded from the 2011 survey.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_MG2011, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.

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