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Ghana 2104 getting started
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Thank you!]]>KEKS2016-07-29T19:29:31-00:00Re: Ghana 2104 getting started
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Please take a look at the documentation which was distributed with the dataset you are working with. It is also attached with this post. This will give you specific information regarding this survey's data set. It also includes a list of country specific variables. They normally start with the letter "S". Thank you!
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KEKS2016-07-29T21:07:49-00:00Re: Ghana 2104 getting started
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You can take a look at the MAP file GHIR70.MAP and also take a look at the questionnaire in the back on the final report. Country specific variables generally follow what is in the questionnaire as far the value labels. Take a look at this variable from the map file.
SH34 How often to read 78 1 N I 1 0 No No
1 Few times a week
2 Once a week
3 Once a month
4 Every six months
5 Nobody reads
6 Other
8 Don't know
(m) 9 Missing
(na) Not applicable
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Trevor-DHS2016-08-17T22:57:49-00:00Re: Ghana 2104 getting started
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Some of the country-specific variables for this sample haven't been included in IPUMS-DHS yet, but you can learn a lot about many of the variables by consulting the website and variable-specific documentation.