| Re: Help regarding the variable [message #11811 is a reply to message #11800] |
Sat, 11 February 2017 15:20  |
Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Data Specialist, Tom Pullum:
Yes, variable names that start with s are country-specific. The best source of information about them is the questionnaire, which is in an appendix at the end of every main report. Sometimes the report includes a chapter analyzing the responses.
In the HR file, subscripts such as _1 identify children. For a variable such as hc61_*, the education of the mother, the value should be the same for all children of the same woman. The mother has to be in the household for this to be coded. It will be much easier to work with the PR file, which has the same information as the HR file but with a record for each individual in the household.
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