Census-DHS Geography Crosswalk: First Administrative Level

First-administrative-level crosswalk variables identify geographic units in IPUMS-DHS countries that match those in the IPUMS International census samples. The variables correspond to the primary level of geography in both databases. The spatially consistent variables shared by the two databases allow researchers to summarize census data and attach the results as contextual information to the DHS samples. Conversely, researchers can summarize DHS data and attach it to censuses, with the understanding that confidence intervals may be large. GIS shapefiles are available at the links below.

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Country IPUMS-DHS
sample year		 IPUMS-International sample year Crosswalk to level 1 geography
AFGHANISTAN 2015
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ANGOLA 2006 2011 2015
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BANGLADESH 1994 1997 2000 2004 2007 2011 2014 2018 1991 2001 2011 DHS_IPUMSI_BD [shapefile]
BENIN 1996 2001 2006 2011 2017 1979 1992 2002 2013 DHS_IPUMSI_BJ [shapefile]
BURKINA FASO 2003 2010 2014 2018 1996 2006 DHS_IPUMSI_BF [shapefile]
BURUNDI 1987 2010 2012 2016
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CAMEROON 2004 2011 2018 2022 1976 1987 2005 DHS_IPUMSI_CM [shapefile]
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1995
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CHAD 1996 2004 2014
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COMOROS 1996 2012
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CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) 2007 2013
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CONGO (REPUBLIC) 2005 2011
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CÔTE D'IVOIRE 1994 2011 1988 1998 DHS_IPUMSI_CI [shapefile]
EGYPT 1988 1992 1995 2000 2003 2005 2008 2014 1986 1996 2006 DHS_IPUMSI_EG [shapefile]
ESWATINI (SWAZILAND) 2006
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ETHIOPIA 2000 2005 2011 2016 2019 1994 2007 DHS_IPUMSI_ET [shapefile]
GABON 2000 2012
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GAMBIA 2013 2019
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GHANA 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2014 2016 2019 1984 2000 2010 DHS_IPUMSI_GH [shapefile]
GUINEA 2005 2012 2018 2021 1983 1996 2014 DHS_IPUMSI_GN [shapefile]
INDIA 1992 1998 2005 2015 2019 1983 1987 1993 1999 2004 2009 DHS_IPUMSI_IA [shapefile]
JORDAN 1990 1997 2002 2007 2009 2012 2017 2004 DHS_IPUMSI_JO [shapefile]
KENYA 1989 1993 1998 2003 2008 2014 1969 1979 1989 1999 2009 2019 DHS_IPUMSI_KE [shapefile]
LESOTHO 2004 2009 2014 1996 2006 DHS_IPUMSI_LS [shapefile]
LIBERIA 2013 2019 1974 2008 DHS_IPUMSI_LR [shapefile]
MADAGASCAR 1992 1997 2003 2008 2021
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MALAWI 1992 2000 2004 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 1987 1998 2008 2018 DHS_IPUMSI_MW [shapefile]
MALI 1995 2001 2006 2012 2015 2018 2021 1987 1998 2009 DHS_IPUMSI_ML [shapefile]
MOROCCO 1987 1992 2003 1982 1994 2004 2014 DHS_IPUMSI_MA [shapefile]
MOZAMBIQUE 1997 2003 2011 2018 1997 2007 2017 DHS_IPUMSI_MZ [shapefile]
MYANMAR 2015 2014 DHS_IPUMSI_MM [shapefile]
NAMIBIA 1992 2000 2006 2013
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NEPAL 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2001 2011 DHS_IPUMSI_NP [shapefile]
NIGER 1992 1998 2006 2012 2018 2021
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NIGERIA 2008 2013 2015 2018 2021 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 DHS_IPUMSI_NG [shapefile]
PAKISTAN 1991 2006 2012 2017 1973 1981 1998 DHS_IPUMSI_PK [shapefile]
RWANDA 2005 2008 2010 2013 2014 2017 2019 2012 DHS_IPUMSI_RW [shapefile]
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE 2008
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SENEGAL 2005 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 1988 2002 2013 DHS_IPUMSI_SN [shapefile]
SIERRA LEONE 2008 2013 2016 2019 2004 2015 DHS_IPUMSI_SL [shapefile]
SOUTH AFRICA 1998 2016 2001 2007 2011 2016 DHS_IPUMSI_ZA [shapefile]
SRI LANKA 1987
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SUDAN 1989 2008 DHS_IPUMSI_SD [shapefile]
TANZANIA 2004 2010 2015 2017 1988 2002 2012 DHS_IPUMSI_TZ [shapefile]
TOGO 1988 1998 2013 2017 1970 2010 DHS_IPUMSI_TG [shapefile]
TUNISIA 1988
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UGANDA 1995 2001 2006 2009 2011 2014 2016 2018 1991 2002 2014 DHS_IPUMSI_UG [shapefile]
YEMEN 1991 2013
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ZAMBIA 1992 1996 2001 2007 2013 2018 1990 2000 2010 DHS_IPUMSI_ZM [shapefile]
ZIMBABWE 1994 1999 2005 2010 2015 2012 DHS_IPUMSI_ZW [shapefile]