IPUMS DHS: descr: GEOALT

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Demographic and Health Surveys

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GEOALT_MW2010 (GEOALT_MW2010)

Malawi districts, 2010 [GIS]

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An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample

Code	Label	malaw 10
101	Chitipa	X
102	Karonga	X
103	Nkhatabay	X
104	Rumphi	X
105	Mzimba	X
201	Kasungu	X
202	Nkhota kota	X
203	Ntchisi	X
204	Dowa	X
205	Salima	X
206	Lilongwe	X
207	Mchinji	X
208	Dedza	X
209	Ntcheu	X
301	Mangochi	X
302	Machinga	X
303	Zomba	X
304	Chiradzulu	X
305	Blantyre	X
306	Mwanza	X
307	Thyolo	X
308	Mulanje	X
309	Phalombe	X
310	Chikwawa	X
311	Nsanje	X
Code	Label	malaw 10
312	Balaka	X
313	Neno	X
900	Other	·

Description

GEOALT_MW2010 indicates the region of Malawi where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in GEOALT_MW2010 are equivalent to districts.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable GEOALT_MW2010_2016 that provides spatially consistent units over time. Lesser geographic detail for the Malawi 2010 sample can be found in GEO_MW2010. An additional integrated variable, GEO_MW1992_2016, provides spatially consistent units over time with less geographic detail.

A GIS map for GEOALT_MW2010 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

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