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Question about a variable in the Egypt 2005 DHS
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I would like to obtain information for the following Egypt 2008 DHS question, "In the past 6 months, have you heard, seen or received any information on HIV/AIDS" from the 2005 DHS. However, in the dataset, the variables m58_1 - m58_6, which seem to correspond to this question, have no observations. Can someone please tell me how I can obtain the information to this variable? I am interested in looking at how these results are linked with the question that is asked after it, which is on the source of the individual's encounter with information on HIV/AIDS.
Thank you.
Catherine N.]]>catherine3h2015-03-25T18:55:49-00:00Re: Question about a variable in the Egypt 2005 DHS
https://userforum.dhsprogram.com/index.phpindex.php?t=rview&goto=4132&th=1997#msg_4132
You can find that variable I417 in the EGOD5A.zip file for the Egypt DHS 2008. We do not have the variable in a recode format as it appears in a separate questionnaire, called the Health Issues Questionnaire. You can find it in the map file distributed with the data.
Quote:
I417 In the last 6 months have you heard, seen, or received any information about HIV/AIDS
1 Yes
2 No
8 Not sure
(m) 9 Missing
(na)
In the Egypt DHS 2005, the raw variable Q1125 "In the last 6 months have you heard, seen, or received any information about HIV/AIDS?" was recoded as follows and is country-specific s1126a - s1126j, s1126x - s1126z
Quote:
if W1125=8 then
s1126a=0;
s1126b=0;
s1126c=0;
s1126d=0;
s1126e=0;
s1126f=0;
s1126g=0;
s1126h=0;
s1126i=0;
s1126j=0;
s1126x=0;
s1126y=0;
s1126z=1;
elseif pos("?",W1126) or W1125=missing then
s1126a=missing;
s1126b=missing;
s1126c=missing;
s1126d=missing;
s1126e=missing;
s1126f=missing;
s1126g=missing;
s1126h=missing;
s1126i=missing;
s1126j=missing;