Description

GEO_MG2021 (V101_MG2021) indicates the region of Madagascar where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2021 Madagascar survey are equivalent to regions.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_MG1992_2008, that provides spatially consistent units over time, and a second variable GEO_MG2008_2021 that corresponds to the greater detail found in the later Madagascar samples.

A GIS map for GEO_MG2021 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_MG2021 (V101_MG2021) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_MG2021, 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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