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GEO_GA2000 (V101_GA2000)
Gabon regions, 2000 [GIS]
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Description

GEO_GA2000 (V101_GA2000) reports the region of Gabon where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2000 Gabon survey are equivalent to groups of provinces.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_GA2000_2012, that provides spatially consistent units over time.

A GIS map for GEO_GA2000 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_GA2000 (V101_GA2000) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_GA2000, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.

Universe

  • Gabon 2000: All women age 15-49.
  • Gabon: 2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-B, 2000-M, 2000-H