Description

GEO_GM2019 (V101_GM2019) reports the region of the Gambia where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2019 Gambia survey are equivalent to local government areas.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_GM2013_2019, that provides spatially consistent units over time.

A GIS map for GEO_GM2019 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_GM2019 (V101_GM2019) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_GM2019, 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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