The DHS Program, which manages registration and access for IPUMS DHS, is again reviewing new user applications and requests for expanded access from currently approved users.
Codes and Frequencies
Description
PREVREGIONSD reports the region of Sudan where the respondent lived just before moving to her current place of residence.
Comparability
PREVREGIONSD is a country-specific variable for Sudan that collects information about the region in which the woman previously lived. PREVREGIONSD has no comparability issues.
Comparability - Standard DHS
PREVREGIONSD has country-specific codes, but the general question about previous region of residence is included in the standard DHS questionnaire beginning in Phase VII.
Universe
- Sudan 1989: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were not visitors to the household and had not lived in this location "always."
