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Re: What does it means M2A$1 - DHS Women's dataset [message #12851 is a reply to message #12848] Mon, 24 July 2017 08:40 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:


The relevant question was asked only about the most recent birth, which has index $1 (_1 in Stata). Therefore you would only use m2a_1. The variables m2a_2 through m2a_6 have the Not Applicable (NA) code and are empty.
 
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