Description

GEO_SN1986 indicates the region of Senegal where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 1986 Senegal survey are equivalent to groups of regions.

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_SN1986 (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_SN1986 (V101_SN1986) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_SN1986, 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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