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 Topic: What are these missing values of skilled ANC providers indicating?
Re: What are these missing values of skilled ANC providers indicating? [message #31624 is a reply to message #19094] Fri, 28 November 2025 16:40
Devika is currently offline  Devika
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Registered: November 2025
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Hi

I am working with the child-recode file, where each row represents a child born. As I found mother's variable also in the same file, I am choosing to take variables like m2a from the same file. As I am using only merged variables (HR+KR), I was trying to create "prenatal_dr_visit" I am getting too many missing observations. Is there a way I can find out why so many were missed? Also, there is no m2a_1. Attached the tab m2a, missing.

Other checks I did:

/// checked for no. of children ever born

tab v201, missing
*total |
* children |
*ever born | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
* 1 | 2,475 33.23 33.23
* 2 | 2,434 32.68 65.90
* 3 | 1,274 17.10 83.00
* 4 | 648 8.70 91.70
* 5 | 293 3.93 95.64
* 6 | 174 2.34 97.97
* 7 | 75 1.01 98.98
*8 | 32 0.43 99.41
*9 | 25 0.34 99.74
*10 | 11 0.15 99.89
*11 | 5 0.07 99.96
*13 | 3 0.04 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
*Total | 7,449 100.00


/// chekced for number of births in last 5 yrs

tab v208, missing
*births in |
* last five |
* years | Freq. Percent Cum.
-------------+-----------------------------------
* 1 | 5,661 76.00 76.00
* 2 | 1,646 22.10 98.09
* 3 | 140 1.88 99.97
* 4 | 2 0.03 100.00
-------------+-----------------------------------
*Total | 7,449 100.00

///checked for live births btw births

tab b15, missing

*live birth |
* between |
* births | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
* 0. no | 4,544 61.00 61.00
* 1. yes | 4 0.05 61.06
* . | 2,901 38.94 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
*Total | 7,449 100.00

Looking forward to hearing some feedback.


Thanks,
Devika



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