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Map with GIS points? [message #26497]

Sun, 26 March 2023 23:29

ozak
Messages: 11
Registered: May 2019

Member

Hi,

I am trying to figure out whether a map with the location of locations in the DHS Geo data files would violate the confidentiality agreement/requirement:

"Agree to treat all data as confidential, and to make no effort to identify any individual, household, or enumeration area in the survey."

The points are not the individuals, nor are the actual locations (since they are usually scrambled). But I am not sure if it would be ok to plot those locations on a map. Any idea?

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Re: Map with GIS points? [message #26542 is a reply to message #26497]

Thu, 30 March 2023 15:49

Janet-DHS
Messages: 893
Registered: April 2022

Senior Member

Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

It is ok to produce maps with dots for the locations of the clusters as given in the data files. As you say, the coordinates have been displaced. The displacement procedure has passed reviews for the protection of the respondents. Many such maps have been produced already and there's no restriction on you preparing more.

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Re: Map with GIS points? [message #26548 is a reply to message #26542]

Thu, 30 March 2023 16:11

ozak
Messages: 11
Registered: May 2019

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ok thanks!

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