Age at menarche [message #11348] |
Wed, 07 December 2016 12:26 |
myatsu@iuj.ac.jp
Messages: 2 Registered: December 2016 Location: Japan
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Dear DHS Program Specialists,
I would like to know the updated data sets (2010-2016) which has the information about the age of menarche as I just found out that not all the data sets have that information.
Best Regards,
Myat Su
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Re: Age at menarche [message #11395 is a reply to message #11367] |
Sun, 11 December 2016 11:14 |
myatsu@iuj.ac.jp
Messages: 2 Registered: December 2016 Location: Japan
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Dear Liz,
Thank you so much for your information. However, the information that I require can't be included in one year of data set.
So, I requested new data set since 10 Dec and I haven't receive any approval email from DHS until now.
May I know how can I try to get my required data set (Zambia- Survey, HIV and SPA data sets).
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Age at menarche [message #15573 is a reply to message #15572] |
Mon, 13 August 2018 16:26 |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516 Registered: February 2013
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Hi! For Sri Lanka we only gave very limited technical assistance and if fact are not distributing that data. The implementing agency was The World Bank. I meant to delete that entry.
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Re: Age at menarche [message #15796 is a reply to message #15795] |
Mon, 17 September 2018 09:35 |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516 Registered: February 2013
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Dear Laura,
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm looking into the best way to deal with this. I'll post as soon as I have a response.
thanks!
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Re: Age at menarche [message #15799 is a reply to message #15796] |
Mon, 17 September 2018 12:27 |
Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3195 Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from DHS Senior Data Processing Specialist, Albert Themme:
As you already figured out the variables pertaining to never married women 15-24 years old are not recoded into the regular woman's recode, but are included in the "Special" Young adult data file (IDOD6*.*).
IDYA6C*.* CSPro Adolescent Reproductive Health Dataset - Household, Women & Men
IDYH6C*.* Exported Adolescent Reproductive Health Dataset - Household
IDYW6C*.* Exported Adolescent Reproductive Health Dataset - Women
IDYM6C*.* Exported Adolescent Reproductive Health Dataset - Men
As mentioned in IDOD6C.DOC found within the IDOD*.ZIP files(see above), this data file contains a household file, a men's file that retains the variable names as used in the "Never-Married men's questionnaire" (AY101H, AY101M, etc.) and a women's file where the variable names from the women's questionnaire have been recoded to match the men's file. E.g. AY201 = Q1301, AY202 = Q1302, AY204 = Q1304, AY205 = Q1305, etc. This way the files can be easily merged.
Hopefully, this clears the confusion.
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Re: Age at menarche [message #25079 is a reply to message #25076] |
Mon, 29 August 2022 07:13 |
Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3195 Registered: February 2013
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A good resource for researching a question/variable is the IPUMS-DHS site, which allows users to do a web-based search on a string or variable. Variable names in IPUMS include links that provide extensive information, including variable description, cautionary notes, the survey text used to generate each variable, including its codes and frequencies, variable meaning and universe (who was asked the question), and precise question wording.
You should also check the questionnaires to see if the question was asked in the surveys of interest. The questionnaires can be found in the appendix of the final reports. The question "How old were you at the time you experienced your first menstruation?" is a country specific question, and is not asked in all surveys. If you cannot find the variable in the dataset or in the questionnaires, then the information was not collected.
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Re: Age at menarche [message #29580 is a reply to message #29565] |
Fri, 05 July 2024 15:26 |
Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3195 Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Staff Member, Tom Pullum:
Yes, you are correct. In the PR file, look at hv027 and shshort (a duplicate of hv027). This survey was designed to have a subsample of households in which men were not interviewed and some topics were omitted. This selection was done at random, so all estimates are unbiased. You do not need to modify the weights.
There is some discussion of this in the report and in the appendix on sampling.
Many DHS surveys involve some kind of subsampling in order to cover a wide range of topics while keeping down the costs of data collection and the length of the interview, which is a burden for respondents.
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