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Son Preference and Infertility [message #11141]

Tue, 08 November 2016 07:37

waltine
Messages: 21
Registered: March 2013
Location: South Africa

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Dear all,

I am trying to use the DHS to measure son preference and infertility but I am not quite sure which variables could be used. I have come across v627 which is ideal number of sons. I am not quite sure if this is an accurate proxy. Also, is there a way to measure infertility among women in the DHS.

Thank you.

waltine

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Re: Son Preference and Infertility [message #11206 is a reply to message #11141]

Thu, 17 November 2016 16:06

Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013

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A response from technical expert, Mr. Fred Arnold:
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There are various ways of measuring infertility from DHS data. For a full discussion of this topic, see DHS Comparative Report No. 9 (Infecundity, Infertility, and Childlessness in Developing Countries), available here http:// dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-CR9-Comparative-Repo rts.cfm. There are also a number of difference ways of calculating son preference from DHS data. One useful resource is DHS Comparative Studies #23 (Gender Preferences for Children), available here http:// dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-CS23-Comparative-Rep orts.cfm. You can find other useful resources by searching for "son preference" on the DHS Program website. http://dhsprogram.com

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Re: Son Preference and Infertility [message #11210 is a reply to message #11206]

Fri, 18 November 2016 01:03

waltine
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Registered: March 2013
Location: South Africa

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Thanks but I get the error message below when I try to click on any of the links:

HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found

The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

waltine

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Re: Son Preference and Infertility [message #11233 is a reply to message #11210]

Sun, 20 November 2016 21:46

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Dear User,
Please try again. I just tried it and did not have any problem. I'll check back to make sure you were successful.
Thank you!

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Re: Son Preference and Infertility [message #11235 is a reply to message #11233]

Mon, 21 November 2016 02:49

waltine
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Registered: March 2013
Location: South Africa

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Thank you. I got them!

waltine

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Son Preference [message #14848 is a reply to message #11206]

Wed, 09 May 2018 08:38

v7tamrakar@gmail.com is currently offline

v7tamrakar@gmail.com
Messages: 8
Registered: January 2018
Location: India

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Dear Sir,
I am intrested to calculate son preference in India.
Here are my codes but i the frequency is not matched with the published report.

* son preference
*look for ideal
*ideal no of children
*ideal no of girls
*ideal no of boys
*ideal no children either or sex

ta v629
drop if v618==96
drop if v628==96
drop if v629==96
gen nopref=.
replace nopref=1 if v629==0
replace nopref=2 if v629!=0
ta nopref
lab var nopref "no gender preference"
lab val nopref nopref
lab define nopref 1"pref" 2"no prefer"

* br v218 v627 v628
gen id_boy=v628
lab var id_boy "ideal no. of boys"
gen id_girl=v629
lab var id_girl
lab var id_girl "Ideal no. of girls"
gen gf=.
replace gf=1 if id_boy==id_girl
replace gf=2 if id_boy>id_girl
replace gf=3 if id_boy<id_girl
replace gf=4 if v629!=0
label var gf "gender preference"
label define gf 1"BP" 2"SP" 3"GP" 4"NP"
label value gf gf

ta gf v013,col nofreq

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