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district level codes NFHS-4 & NFHS-5 [message #24551]

Mon, 30 May 2022 04:03

fabian.r
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I would like to generate district level aggregates which I would like to compare across the two waves. In turn, I need a mapping of the NFHS-5 district codes into the NFHS-4 district codes. As new district have been generated (most of the time by splitting a single existing one), a direct mapping of the new districts (appearing in 2019) to old ones (appearing in 2015) appears possible. Any help on creating such mapping of districts codes would be helpful!

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Re: district level codes NFHS-4 & NFHS-5 [message #24557 is a reply to message #24551]

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:41

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fred.arnold@icf.com
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In NFHS-5, 132 newly created districts (79 in Phase 1 and 53 in Phase 2) were formed since NFHS-4.The 132 new districts in NFHS-5 have district codes 801-932. The 132 newly formed districts in NFHS-5 are not comparable with the NFHS-4 districts even if some of them have the same district name in NFHS-5 and NFHS-4. We recommend limiting your comparison between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 only to the 575 districts with district codes below 801 in NFHS-5.

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Re: district level codes NFHS-4 & NFHS-5 [message #29780 is a reply to message #24557]

Sat, 03 August 2024 13:07

simran.p.singh
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Hello, I was also looking into the same problem, the number districts have increased to 932 in NFHS 5 from 640 in NFHS 4. Just to get things clear, Are you suggesting that I drop the new districts and the old district?

Another thing that is of concern, is that suppose there's district_A, which was split into two parts and now there a new district called district-B and the another part of old district which carried on the name as district-A. Would it be possible to find some resource, using which I can find new districts and figure out the district they split from? Thank you.

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Re: district level codes NFHS-4 & NFHS-5 [message #29781 is a reply to message #29780]

Sat, 03 August 2024 13:54

fred.arnold@icf.com
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As indicated in a forum response earlier:

In NFHS-5, 132 newly created districts (79 in Phase 1 and 53 in Phase 2) were formed since NFHS-4.The 132 new districts in NFHS-5 have district codes 801-932. The 132 newly formed districts in NFHS-5 are not comparable with the NFHS-4 districts even if some of them have the same district name in NFHS-5 and NFHS-4. We recommend limiting your comparison between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 only to the 575 districts with district codes below 801 in NFHS-5.

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Re: district level codes NFHS-4 & NFHS-5 [message #31519 is a reply to message #29781]

Wed, 15 October 2025 02:50

MaynarGaskin
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This is a useful question! Mapping NFHS-5 districts to NFHS-4 is tricky, especially with district splits. Has anyone considered a weighted population average for newly formed districts based on the original? It's like finding the island Medallions on Poptropica requires some clever detective work! Good luck!

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