Table 5. Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) cycles and geographical level comparison included in the DHS vs DHS analysis.

	Scenario 1 (N=9,024)		Scenario 2 (N=56,185)		Scenario 3 (N=44,042)
Country	DHS cycle	Geographical level comparison	DHS cycle	Geographical level comparison	DHS cycle	Geographical level comparison
Bangladesh	2011 2014	3rd-3rd 5th-5th	2014	3rd-2nd 5th-2nd 5th-3rd	2011 2014	3rd-2nd 5th-2nd 5th-3rd
Ethiopia	2011 2016	3rd-3rd 5th-5th	2016	5th-3rd	2011 2016	5th-3rd
Kenya	2008.5 2014	3rd-3rd 5th-5th	2014	5th-3rd	2008.5 2014	5th-3rd
Malawi	2010 2015.5	3rd-3rd 4th-4th 5th-5th	2015.5	4th-3rd 5th-3rd 5th-4th	2010 2015.5	4th-3rd 5th-3rd 5th-4th
Pakistan	2006.5 2012.5	3rd-3rd 5th-5th	2012.5	3rd-2nd 5th-2nd 5th-3rd	2006.5 2012.5	3rd-2nd 5th-2nd 5th-3rd
Tanzania	2010 2015.5	4th-4th 5th-5th	2015.5	4th-2nd 5th-2nd 5th-4th	2010 2015.5	4th-2nd 5th-2nd 5th-4th
Zambia	2013.5 2018	3rd-3rd 5th-5th	2013.5	5th-3rd	2013.5 2018	5th-3rd

Geographical level comparison: geographical level from older cycle vs geographical level from most recent cycle included.

2nd level represents district or equivalent; 3rd level: province, state or equivalent; 4th level: region; 5th level: country.

Scenario 1: DHS data from different years compared using the same geographical levels.

Scenario 2: DHS data from the same year compared using different geographical levels.

Scenario 3: DHS data from different years compared using different geographical levels.