ABSTRACT
Definition of urban The First Country Report that accompanies the release of each DHS survey should clearly state what the term “urban” means in the context of the survey. This would be particularly helpful for researchers concerned about the definition of towns. Even if the defining criteria are the same as those used by the national statistical office-as the panel sus pects they usually are-the definition should be prominently displayed in the report. It would also be helpful to know how the answers given by respondents-say, to a question on place of previous residence-are con verted into the urban classifications used in the published data. Remarkably little of this basic information can be found in the DHS reports.
