| Re: not in the universe [message #15627 is a reply to message #15598] |
Fri, 24 August 2018 17:01   |
kingx025
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Registered: August 2016
Location: Minneapolis. Minnesota
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I would need to know which country and sample year you are working with to be sure, but my best guess is that a subset of households were selected for hemoglobin testing, and all children outside of those households were not tested/did not get a blood draw. Check the UNIVERSE tab for your variable of interest, or try running a cross-tab with the variable HEMOSELECT (V042) if children are the unit of analysis (KR files) or with HHEMOSELECT (HV042) if household members are the unit of analysis (PR files). Often only half of households are selected for biometric measures such as blood testing. The same holds if you looking at results for women or adult men.
Dr. Miriam King
IPUMS-DHS Project Manager (www.idhsdata.org)
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