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Codes
CLUSTERNO is an 8 digit variable.
Description
CLUSTERNO (V001) reports the cluster number for the person's de facto residence.
According to the DHS Sampling Manual, "A cluster is the smallest geographical survey statistical unit for DHS surveys. It consists of a number of adjacent households in a geographical area. For DHS surveys, a cluster corresponds either to an [enumeration area], or a segment of a large [enumeration area]." The most recent census for a country, which divided all territory into enumeration areas to ensure full coverage of the population, often provides the sampling frame for a DHS survey.
CLUSTERNO is the variable indicating the primary sampling unit or PSU. It should be used along with the variable STRATA to account for the impact of the sample design clustering on the estimates of variance and standard errors.
See the notes on DHS webpage "Use sample weights" on variance estimation for additional information.
CLUSTERNO (V001) and HHNUM (V002) can be used to merge the women's individual recode file to the household recode file. See the DHS webpage Merging Datasets on variables to be used for linking data sets.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, CLUSTERNO (V001) has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
CLUSTERNO (V001) is included in all phases of the DHS. The Recode Manual for Phase I simply notes, "Cluster number is the number identifying the sample point as used during the fieldwork." Beginning with Phase 2, the Recode Manuals add, "This variable may be a composite of several variables in the questionnaire."
Universe
No universe descriptions are currently available.
Afghanistan:
2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-B, 2015-W
Angola:
2006-W, 2006-C, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-W
Bangladesh:
1994-W, 1994-C, 1994-W, 1994-B, 1997-W, 1997-W, 1997-C, 1997-B, 2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-W, 2000-B, 2004-B, 2004-W, 2004-W, 2004-C, 2007-W, 2007-C, 2007-W, 2007-B, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W, 2014-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W
Benin:
1996-C, 1996-B, 1996-W, 2001-W, 2001-C, 2001-B, 2006-W, 2006-B, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2011-B, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-B, 2017-W
Burkina Faso:
1993-C, 1993-B, 1993-W, 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 2003-W, 2003-B, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2010-B, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2018-W, 2018-C
Burundi:
1987-W, 1987-C, 1987-B, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2010-C, 2012-W, 2012-C, 2016-C, 2016-B, 2016-W, 2016-W
Cameroon:
1991-C, 1991-W, 1991-B, 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 2004-B, 2004-C, 2004-W, 2011-B, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2022-W, 2022-C
Central African Republic:
1995-W, 1995-C, 1995-B
Chad:
1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B, 2004-W, 2004-C, 2004-B, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-B
Comoros:
1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B, 2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-W
Congo (Democratic Republic):
2007-W, 2007-C, 2007-B, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B
Congo Brazzaville:
2005-W, 2005-C, 2005-B, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B
Cote d'Ivoire:
1994-W, 1994-C, 1994-B, 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B
Egypt:
1988-W, 1988-B, 1988-C, 1992-W, 1992-W, 1992-B, 1992-C, 1995-C, 1995-B, 1995-W, 1995-W, 2000-C, 2000-W, 2000-B, 2000-W, 2003-B, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2005-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-C, 2008-W, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W, 2014-W
Eswatini (Swaziland):
2006-W, 2006-C, 2006-B, 2006-W
Ethiopia:
2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-B, 2005-C, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2016-W, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-B
Gabon:
2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-B, 2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-B
Gambia:
2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-W, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-B
Ghana:
1988-W, 1988-C, 1988-B, 1993-W, 1993-B, 1993-C, 1998-C, 1998-B, 1998-W, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2003-B, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W, 2008-C, 2014-W, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2016-W, 2016-C, 2019-W, 2019-C
Guinea:
1999-W, 1999-C, 1999-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-B, 2005-C, 2012-B, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W, 2021-W, 2021-C
India:
1992-C, 1992-W, 1992-B, 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 2005-W, 2005-B, 2005-C, 2005-W, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-W, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-B
Jordan:
1990-W, 1990-W, 1990-C, 1990-B, 1997-W, 1997-W, 1997-B, 1997-C, 2002-C, 2002-B, 2002-W, 2002-W, 2007-C, 2007-B, 2007-W, 2007-W, 2009-C, 2009-W, 2009-W, 2009-B, 2012-W, 2012-B, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-B, 2017-W
Kenya:
1989-C, 1989-W, 1989-B, 1993-W, 1993-C, 1993-B, 1998-W, 1998-B, 1998-C, 1998-W, 2003-B, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2008-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W, 2014-W, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2020-W, 2020-C
Lesotho:
2004-C, 2004-B, 2004-W, 2009-W, 2009-C, 2009-B, 2009-W, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W
Liberia:
1986-W, 1986-C, 1986-B, 2007-W, 2007-B, 2007-C, 2009-W, 2009-C, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2013-B, 2013-C, 2013-W, 2013-W, 2016-C, 2016-W, 2019-W, 2019-B, 2019-C, 2019-W
Madagascar:
1992-C, 1992-B, 1992-W, 1997-W, 1997-C, 1997-B, 2003-W, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-B, 2008-W, 2008-B, 2008-C, 2008-W, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2016-W, 2016-C, 2021-B, 2021-C, 2021-W
Malawi:
1992-C, 1992-W, 1992-B, 2000-W, 2000-W, 2000-B, 2000-C, 2004-B, 2004-W, 2004-W, 2004-C, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2010-W, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2016-W, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W, 2017-W, 2017-C
Mali:
1987-W, 1987-C, 1987-B, 1995-W, 1995-B, 1995-C, 2001-C, 2001-B, 2001-W, 2001-W, 2006-C, 2006-B, 2006-W, 2006-W, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2012-W, 2012-B, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W, 2021-W, 2021-C
Morocco:
1987-W, 1987-C, 1987-B, 1992-W, 1992-C, 1992-B, 1992-W, 2003-W, 2003-C, 2003-B, 2003-W
Mozambique:
1997-W, 1997-C, 1997-B, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2003-B, 2003-C, 2011-B, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2018-W, 2018-C
Myanmar:
2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-B, 2015-W
Namibia:
1992-C, 1992-B, 1992-W, 2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-B, 2006-B, 2006-W, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2013-B, 2013-C, 2013-W, 2013-W
Nepal:
1996-C, 1996-W, 1996-B, 2001-W, 2001-B, 2001-C, 2006-C, 2006-B, 2006-W, 2006-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2016-W, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W
Niger:
1992-W, 1992-C, 1992-B, 1998-W, 1998-B, 1998-C, 2006-B, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2006-W, 2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-W, 2012-W, 2021-W, 2021-C
Nigeria:
1990-C, 1990-W, 1990-B, 1999-W, 1999-C, 1999-B, 2003-W, 2003-C, 2003-B, 2008-W, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-C, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2013-W, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2015-C, 2015-W, 2018-W, 2018-B, 2018-C, 2018-W, 2021-W, 2021-C
Pakistan:
1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B, 2006-W, 2006-B, 2006-C, 2012-B, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2012-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-B, 2017-W
Rwanda:
1992-C, 1992-W, 1992-B, 2000-W, 2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-B, 2005-C, 2008-B, 2008-C, 2008-W, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2010-B, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2019-B, 2019-C, 2019-W
Sao Tome:
2008-W, 2008-C, 2008-B
Senegal:
1986-W, 1986-B, 1986-C, 1992-W, 1992-B, 1992-C, 1997-C, 1997-W, 1997-B, 2005-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-C, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2008-C, 2008-W, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2010-W, 2012-W, 2012-B, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2014-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-B, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-W, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W, 2016-W, 2017-W, 2017-B, 2017-C, 2017-W, 2021-W, 2021-C
Sierra Leone:
2008-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-W, 2016-C, 2016-W, 2019-B, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-W
South Africa:
1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 2016-W, 2016-C, 2016-B, 2016-W
Sri Lanka:
1987-W, 1987-C, 1987-B
Sudan:
1989-W, 1989-C, 1989-B
Tanzania:
1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B, 1996-W, 1996-B, 1996-C, 1999-C, 1999-B, 1999-W, 2004-C, 2004-B, 2004-W, 2004-W, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2015-B, 2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-W, 2017-W, 2017-C
Togo:
1988-W, 1988-C, 1988-B, 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2017-W, 2017-C
Tunisia:
1988-W, 1988-C, 1988-B
Uganda:
1988-W, 1988-C, 1988-B, 1995-W, 1995-C, 1995-B, 2001-W, 2001-B, 2001-C, 2001-W, 2006-B, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2006-W, 2009-C, 2009-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2016-W, 2016-W, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2018-W, 2018-C
Yemen:
1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-W
Zambia:
1992-C, 1992-W, 1992-B, 1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B, 2001-B, 2001-W, 2001-C, 2007-B, 2007-W, 2007-W, 2007-C, 2013-W, 2013-B, 2013-C, 2013-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W
Zimbabwe:
1988-W, 1988-C, 1988-B, 1994-W, 1994-W, 1994-B, 1994-C, 1999-C, 1999-B, 1999-W, 1999-W, 2005-C, 2005-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2015-W, 2015-B, 2015-C, 2015-W
