Description

GEOALT_MG2011 indicates the region of Madagascar where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in GEOALT_MG2011 are equivalent to malaria operational strata areas.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables Lesser geographic detail for the Madagascar 2011 sample can be found in GEO_MG2011.

A GIS map for GEOALT_MG2011 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEOALT_MG2011 is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Three cities, Antananarivo, Antsirabe, and Fianarantsoa, and areas greater than 1500 meters above sea level were excluded from the 2011 survey.

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