NAME AND CODE OF REGION* ____
NAME OF VILLAGE/TOWN/CITY __________
URBAN/RURAL (URBAN =1, RURAL = 2) _____
LARGE CITY/SMALL CITY/TOWN/RURAL
(LARGE CITY=1, SMALL CITY=2, TOWN=3, RURAL=4)
HOUSEHOLD NUMBER ____
NAME AND LINE NUMBER OF WOMAN_____
Categories
Value
Category
01
Caprivi
02
Erongo
03
Hardap
04
Karas
05
Kavango
06
Khomas
07
Kunene
08
Ohangwena
09
Omaheke
10
Omusati
11
Oshana
12
Oshikoto
13
Otjozondjupa
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
GEO_NM2006 (V101_NM2006) indicates the region of Namibia where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2006 Namibia survey are equivalent to divisions.
Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also two integrated variable, GEO_NM1992_2013 and GEO_NM2000_2013, that provides spatially consistent units over time.
A GIS map for GEO_NM2006 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository [URL omitted from DDI.] Boundaries page.