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Combined men/women/hiv dataset [message #2359] Sun, 08 June 2014 19:18 Go to next message
carolina07
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Hello, we are analyzing behavioral characteristics among HIV positives in several countries separately. We have merged the IR (women), MR (men), and the HIV dataset into a single dataset for each country.
Is it correct to analyze men and women combined while applying the HIV weight, as in the below example?
gen float hiv_weight = hiv05 / 1000000
tab x1 x2 [iw=hiv_weight]
egen strata = group(v024 v025) // Note: this depends on the country
svyset [pweight=hiv_weight], psu(v021) strata(strata)
svy: logistic y x1 x2 // Note: adjusting for sex
Re: Combined men/women/hiv dataset [message #2366 is a reply to message #2359] Mon, 09 June 2014 13:40 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior Data Processing Specialist, Noureddine Abderrahim:


When you combine men and women(matching couples), and need to get the HIV prevalence, you need to use the man's weight: MV005 divided by 1000000.

If you concatenated men and women without matching them, you should use the HIV weight: HIV05 divided by 1000000, to get the HIV prevalence.
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