Flag for age at death (b13) - unexpected results [message #1155] |
Tue, 14 January 2014 09:07 |
schoumaker
Messages: 66 Registered: May 2013 Location: Belgium
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Hello,
I am looking at the flag variable (b13) for age at death.
In a few DHS data files (AMIR54, MBIR53), the percentage with code 6 (Reported age at death is outside the range expected for the units given) is unusually high. In addition, the age at death seems to be recorded correctly for these cases in b6. I do not underestand why b13 is coded as 6.
Has anyone an explanation for this ?
Thank you.
Bruno
Bruno Schoumaker
Centre for Demographic Research
Université catholique de Louvain
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