Codes and Frequencies
Description
DHS_IPUMSI_SL provides geographic codes for Sierra Leone that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_SL indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.
GIS shapefiles for Sierra Leone can be downloaded here.
Comparability — General
The units in DHS_IPUMSI_SL are harmonized across DHS and IPUMS-International samples to account for changing boundaries in the major administrative level of geography. The time span for DHS samples are 2008 to 2019 and corresponds to the census samples from 2004 to 2015 in IPUMS-International.
The DHS samples provide geographical information for groups of districts, while the IPUMS-International samples uses districts.
- North Western region was created from the Northern Region in the 2019 DHS survey
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Sierra Leone: 2004, 2015
