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Grouping neighboring clusters / PSUs [message #14098]

Fri, 16 February 2018 09:01

jwdeneve
Messages: 2
Registered: February 2018

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Dear all,

I am trying to generate average health outcome values in the DHS for groups of neighboring clusters (i.e., v001).

For any DHS dataset, is there an easy way to group clusters / PSUs into groups of e.g., 5, 10, or 50 neighboring clusters / PSUs?

Could this be done with / without the use of the associated GPS datasets if available for a country-year?

Thank you very much!

All the best,
jwdeneve

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Re: Grouping neighboring clusters / PSUs [message #14107 is a reply to message #14098]

Mon, 19 February 2018 09:52

Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:

I don't believe we can provide any general guidance for how to do this. It could be useful to group clusters according to a country's level 1 or level 2 administrative areas. Other users may be able to suggest alternative criteria.

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Re: Grouping neighboring clusters / PSUs [message #14116 is a reply to message #14107]

Tue, 20 February 2018 01:47

jwdeneve
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Registered: February 2018

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Thanks for letting me know Bridgette!

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