Description

GEO_GH2016 (V101_GH2016) reports the region of Ghana where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2016 Ghana survey are equivalent to regions, which constitute the first level of subnational government administration for the country.

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_GH2016 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_GH2016 (V101_GH2016) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_GH2016, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 (and the equivalent variable of HV024 for household members) is included in all Phases of the DHS.

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