Description

GEO_CM2011 (V101_CM2011) indicates the region of Cameroon where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2011 Cameroon survey are equivalent to regions, with two cities, Douala and Yaoundé, remaining autonomous regions.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also integrated variables, GEO_CM1991_2018 and GEO_CM2004_2018, that provide spatially consistent units over time.

A GIS map for GEO_CM2011 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_CM2011 (V101_CM2011) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_CM2011, 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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