Description

GEO_GH2019 (V101_GH2019) reports the region of Ghana where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2019 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.

A GIS map for GEO_GH2019 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_GH2019 (V101_GH2019) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_GH2019, 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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