The DHS Program User Forum
Discussions regarding The DHS Program data and results
Home » Data » Dataset use in Stata » calculating median breastfeeding duration using current status data
calculating median breastfeeding duration using current status data [message #863] Wed, 23 October 2013 09:58 Go to next message
Melissa is currently offline  Melissa
Messages: 1
Registered: October 2013
Member
Hello, I am trying to determine how to calculate median breastfeeding duration using current status data to avoid the issue of bias that occurs from heaping when using retrospective data. Can someone help me with STATA code for finding this number? Do I construct a current status life table? Any help would be much appreciated!
Re: calculating median breastfeeding duration using current status data [message #911 is a reply to message #863] Fri, 01 November 2013 12:38 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3016
Registered: February 2013
Senior Member
Here is a response from one of our STATA experts Tom Pullum, that should answer your question.

We do not have Stata code for this, but here is the relevant SPSS code. I hope it will be possible for you to read it and convert to Stata.
Previous Topic: How to merge KR variables into the PR dataset (Rwanda DHS 2010)
Next Topic: Unique identifier in pooled DHS (countries and years)
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Thu Mar 28 11:10:58 Coordinated Universal Time 2024