IPUMS International and IPUMS DHS crosswalk

Crosswalk geography variables identify administrative units in IPUMS DHS countries that match those in the IPUMS International census data. The variables correspond to the primary level of geography in both IPUMS DHS and IPUMS International. The spatially-consistent variables in the two databases allow researchers to summarize census data and attach it as contextual information to the DHS samples or vice versa.

IPUMS International geography corresponds to census geography as collected by the National Statistical Offices. The DHS project in most cases collects geographical information at the first administrative level of geography for the country. For several countries, the IPUMS International census geography matches the DHS geography, however there are variations, which lead to some detail being lost in the process of creating a spatially consistent geography and linking IDHS health data to IPUMS International census data.

The attribute data in the GIS files correspond to the codes that are found in the crosswalk variable for each country listed below.

Country	IPUMS DHS sample year	IPUMS International sample year	Crosswalk to level 1 geography
BANGLADESH	1994 1997 2000 2004 2007 2011 2014 2018	1991 2001 2011	DHS_IPUMSI_BD [shapefile]
BENIN	1996 2001 2006 2011 2017	1979 1992 2002 2013	DHS_IPUMSI_BJ [shapefile]
BURKINA FASO	1993 1998 2003 2010	1985 1996 2006	DHS_IPUMSI_BF [shapefile]
CAMEROON	1991 1998 2004 2011 2018	1976 1987 2005	DHS_IPUMSI_CM [shapefile]
CÔTE D'IVOIRE	1994 2011	1988 1998	DHS_IPUMSI_CI [shapefile]
EGYPT	1988 1992 1995 2000 2003 2005 2008 2014	1986 1996 2006	DHS_IPUMSI_EG [shapefile]
ETHIOPIA	2000 2005 2011 2016	1984 1994 2007	DHS_IPUMSI_ET [shapefile]
GHANA	1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2014	1984 2000 2010	DHS_IPUMSI_GH [shapefile]
GUINEA	1999 2005 2012 2018	1983 1996 2014	DHS_IPUMSI_GN [shapefile]
INDIA	1992 1998 2005 2015 2019	1983 1987 1993 1999 2004 2009	DHS_IPUMSI_IN [shapefile]
JORDAN	1990 1997 2002 2007 2009 2012 2017	2004	DHS_IPUMSI_JO [shapefile]
KENYA	1989 1993 1998 2003 2008 2014	1969 1979 1989 1999 2009	DHS_IPUMSI_KE [shapefile]
LESOTHO	2004 2009 2014	1996 2006	DHS_IPUMSI_LS [shapefile]
LIBERIA	2007 2013 2019	1974 2008	DHS_IPUMSI_LR [shapefile]
MALAWI	1992 2000 2004 2010 2016	1987 1998 2008	DHS_IPUMSI_MW [shapefile]
MALI	1987 1995 2001 2006 2012 2018	1987 1998 2009	DHS_IPUMSI_ML [shapefile]
MOROCCO	1987 1992 2003	1982 1994 2004 2014	DHS_IPUMSI_MA [shapefile]
MOZAMBIQUE	1997 2003 2011	1997 2007	DHS_IPUMSI_MZ [shapefile]
MYANMAR	2015	2014	DHS_IPUMSI_MM [shapefile]
NEPAL	1996 2001 2006 2011 2016	2001 2011	DHS_IPUMSI_NP [shapefile]
NIGERIA	1990 1999 2003 2008 2013 2018	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010	DHS_IPUMSI_NG [shapefile]
PAKISTAN	1991 2006 2012 2017	1973 1981 1998	DHS_IPUMSI_PK [shapefile]
RWANDA	2005 2008 2014 2019	2012	DHS_IPUMSI_RW [shapefile]
SENEGAL	1986 1992 1997 2005 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017	1988 2002 2013	DHS_IPUMSI_SN [shapefile]
SIERRA LEONE	2008 2013 2019	2004 2015	DHS_IPUMSI_SL [shapefile]
SOUTH AFRICA	1998 2016	1996 2001 2007 2011 2016	DHS_IPUMSI_ZA [shapefile]
SUDAN	1989	2008	DHS_IPUMSI_SD [shapefile]
TANZANIA	1991 1996 1999 2004 2010 2015	1988 2002 2012	DHS_IPUMSI_TZ [shapefile]
TOGO	1988 1998 2013	1970 2010	DHS_IPUMSI_TG [shapefile]
UGANDA	1988 1995 2001 2006 2011 2016	1991 2002 2014	DHS_IPUMSI_UG [shapefile]
ZAMBIA	1992 1996 2001 2007 2013 2018	1990 2000 2010	DHS_IPUMSI_ZM [shapefile]
ZIMBABWE	1988 1994 1999 2005 2010 2015	2012	DHS_IPUMSI_ZW [shapefile]

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