DHS.country.meta

A dataset containing metadata for countries included in DHS surveys, including standardized country codes across multiple international organizations.

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Enables small area estimation (SAE) of health and demographic indicators in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It powers an R 'shiny' application that helps public health analysts, policymakers, and researchers generate subnational estimates and prevalence maps for 150+ binary indicators from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Basing its core SAE analysis workflow on the 'surveyPrev' package, the app ensures methodological rigor through guided model selection, automated fitting, and interactive visualization. For more details, visit <https://sae4health.stat.uw.edu/>.

Yunhan Wu

sae4health

Small Area Estimation for Key Health and Demographic Indicators
from Household Surveys

Qianyu Dong

Zehang R Li

Jon Wakefield

DHS.country.meta function

A data frame with 60 rows and 12 columns:<dl>
 <dt>UNAIDS_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by UNAIDS.</dd> <dt>SubregionName</dt>
<dd>Name of the subregion (e.g., West Africa, South Asia).</dd> <dt>WHO_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by WHO.</dd> <dt>FIPS_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by FIPS.</dd> <dt>UNICEF_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by UNICEF.</dd> <dt>RegionName</dt>
<dd>Name of the global region (e.g., Africa, Asia).</dd> <dt>ISO2_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Two-letter ISO country code.</dd> <dt>ISO3_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Three-letter ISO country code.</dd> <dt>RegionOrder</dt>
<dd>Numeric ordering of the region for visualization.</dd> <dt>DHS_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Unique country code assigned by DHS.</dd> <dt>CountryName</dt>
<dd>Full name of the country.</dd> <dt>UNSTAT_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by UN Statistics Division.</dd>
</dl>

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DHS Country Metadata — DHS.country.meta

A data frame with 60 rows and 12 columns:<dl>
 <dt>UNAIDS_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by UNAIDS.</dd>

 <dt>SubregionName</dt>
<dd>Name of the subregion (e.g., West Africa, South Asia).</dd>

 <dt>WHO_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by WHO.</dd>

 <dt>FIPS_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by FIPS.</dd>

 <dt>UNICEF_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by UNICEF.</dd>

 <dt>RegionName</dt>
<dd>Name of the global region (e.g., Africa, Asia).</dd>

 <dt>ISO2_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Two-letter ISO country code.</dd>

 <dt>ISO3_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Three-letter ISO country code.</dd>

 <dt>RegionOrder</dt>
<dd>Numeric ordering of the region for visualization.</dd>

 <dt>DHS_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Unique country code assigned by DHS.</dd>

 <dt>CountryName</dt>
<dd>Full name of the country.</dd>

 <dt>UNSTAT_CountryCode</dt>
<dd>Country code used by UN Statistics Division.</dd>


</dl>

DHS.country.meta: DHS Country Metadata

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