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Missing state individual weight in NFHS4 [message #15270]

Fri, 22 June 2018 15:16

Mrinal
Messages: 14
Registered: January 2018
Location: Bhubaneswar, India

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Dear,

Unlike NFHS 2 and 3, the NFHS 4 does not have a state individual weight.

kindly help to understand why it was dropped.

Mrinal

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Re: Missing state individual weight in NFHS4 [message #15285 is a reply to message #15270]

Mon, 25 June 2018 13:54

Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3230
Registered: February 2013

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Following is a response from Senior DHS Specialist, Guillermo Rojas:

Variables SHV005, SV005, and SM005S are the state weights for households, women and men respectively.

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Re: Missing state individual weight in NFHS4 [message #15288 is a reply to message #15285]

Mon, 25 June 2018 14:05

Mrinal
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Registered: January 2018
Location: Bhubaneswar, India

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Thank you, Bridgette and Guillermo, for the information.

Map file for individual dataset enlists SV005 as State household weight (6 decimals), hence, the confusion.

index.php?t=getfile&id=939&private=0

Best,
Mrinal

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Re: Missing state individual weight in NFHS4 [message #15292 is a reply to message #15288]

Mon, 25 June 2018 14:42

Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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You are right about the confusion caused by the label. It should read: "State women's sample weight (6 decimals)", and it will be corrected it in the next release.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

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