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Calculation of median exclusive breastfeeding [message #11314] Sun, 04 December 2016 13:49 Go to previous message
anarinaldi is currently offline  anarinaldi
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My colleagues and I are working with DHS datasets, specifically about breastfeeding. We are calculating the exclusive breastfeeding median using the formula available in the page 124 of material "Guide to DHS Statistics" (median = mi-1 + (pi-1 0.5)/(pi-1 pi ) x (w i)).
Our doubt is how to calculate the median when the first proportion of breastfeeding (pi) is lower than 50%. Besides, how to calculate when the proportion of breastfeeding in the last age range (4-5months) is higher than 50%.

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