Description

GEO_SN2012 indicates the region of Senegal where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2012 Senegal survey are equivalent to groups of regions.
Users interested in using 2012 -2014 survey should use GEO_SN2012_2014.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also two integrated variables, GEO_SN1986_2023 and GEO_SN2005_2023, that provide spatially consistent units over different time periods.

A GIS map for GEO_SN2012 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

Other geography variables for Senegal include GEO_SN2012_2014 and GEO_SN2015_2016. NOTE: The 2012-2014 and 2015-2016 surveys of Senegal must be combined when using GEO_SN2012_2014 or GEO_SN2015_2016.

GEO_SN2012 (V101_SN2012) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_SN2012, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.

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