Description

GEO_RW2005 (V101_RW2005) indicates the region of Rwanda where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2005 Rwanda survey are equivalent to prefectures.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also integrated variables, GEO_RW1992_2005 and GEO_RW2005_2019, that provide spatially consistent units over time. Less geographic detail for the Rwanda 2005 sample can be found in GEOALT_RW2005 (provinces).

A GIS map for GEO_RW2005 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_RW2005 (V101_RW2005) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_RW2005, 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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