Description

GEO_LR2019 (V101_LR2019) reports the region of Liberia where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2019 Liberia survey are equivalent to groups of counties.

Other sample years for Liberia have their own sample-specific geography variables. The 2019 sample has greater detail in variable GEO_LR2013_2019. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_LR2007_2019, that provides spatially consistent units over time for Liberia.

A GIS map for GEO_LR2019 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_LR2019 (V101_LR2019) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_LR2019, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 (and the equivalent variables of HV024 for household members and MV101 for men) are included in all Phases of the DHS.

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