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GEO_KE2020

(V101_KE2020)
Kenya regions, 2020 [GIS]
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Description

GEO_KE2020 (SZONE_KE2020) indicates the region of Kenya where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2020 Kenya survey represent 5 malaria endemicity regions as groups of districts.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also two integrated variables, GEO_KE1989_2022 and GEO_KE2014_2022, that provide spatially consistent units over different time periods and geographies.

A GIS map for GEO_KE2020 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_KE2020 (SZONE_KE2020) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_KE2020, 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

  • Kenya 2020: All women age 15-49.
  • Kenya: 2020-W, 2020-C, 2020-H