| Child gender in DHS Ethiopia 2011 [message #12095] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 14:48  |
M.W.
Messages: 2
Registered: March 2017
Location: Auburn
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Is there someone doing something related to the child gender in Ethiopia 2011? In the raw data, the child sex is coded as
b4 sex of child
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type: numeric (byte)
label: b4
range: [1,2] units: 1
unique values: 2 missing .: 0/11,654
tabulation: Freq. Numeric Label
5,987 1 male
5,667 2 female
I got very unexpected results, i.e., girls are better nourished than boys, this does not agree with any former studies...
Would you help to confirm the value code? Anyone deal with child gender before?
Thank you all.
Work hard and sleep well.
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| Re: Child gender in DHS Ethiopia 2011 [message #12098 is a reply to message #12096] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 16:28  |
M.W.
Messages: 2
Registered: March 2017
Location: Auburn
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Liz,
To be specific about my query, I am working on a study to compare the malnutrition status for boys and girls and I found that girls' nutrition status is better than boys, that puzzled me, as in most developing countries, boys are usually better treated.
Just want to confirm that the label for b4 is correct, I think you have answered my question and now I need to find other explanation about my results.
Thank you very much.
M.W.
Work hard and sleep well.
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| Re: Child gender in DHS Ethiopia 2011 [message #12108 is a reply to message #12098] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 18:15 |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
I was curious about your findings so reached out to a colleague, Mr. Trevor Croft (technical expert):
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If you look at stunting and wasting in STATcompiler, boys are worse off in Ethiopia than girls in all 3 surveys.
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