Description

GEO_TG2013 (V101_TG2013) reports the region of Togo where the respondent was interviewed. DHS units in the 2013 Togo survey are equivalent to regions, which are administrative areas divided into prefectures.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables for Togo. There is also an integrated variable, GEO_TG1988_2013, that provides spatially consistent units for Togo over time.

A GIS map for GEO_TG2013 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_TG2013 (V101_TG2013) is a country and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_TG2013, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 (and the equivalent variables of HV024 for household members and MV101 for men) are included in all Phases of the DHS.

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