Description

GEO_GA2012 (V101_GA2012) reports the region of Gabon where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2012 Gabon survey are provinces, plus a region consisting of the capital city, Libreville.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_GA2000_2012, that provides spatially consistent units over time.

A GIS map for GEO_GA2012 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_GA2012 (V101_GA2012) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_GA2012, 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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