| Work questions [message #16040] |
Thu, 25 October 2018 06:48  |
Christelle
Messages: 2
Registered: October 2018
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Hi,
I'm using the DHS 4 India and I do not understand why there are so many missings on the questions related to economic activities (v714, v719, v731...). I do not see any filter on the questionnaire so it looks like all sampled women should answer to these questions. They also come with husband's characteristics, for which there are many missings.
For instance,
ta v714, mis
gives:
respondent |
currently |
working | Freq. Percent Cum.
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no | 93,713 13.39 13.39
yes | 28,638 4.09 17.49
. | 577,335 82.51 100.00
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Total | 699,686 100.00
Have you seen any information on the fact that this series of questions is answered only by a subsample?
Thanks for your help,
Christelle
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| Re: Work questions [message #16078 is a reply to message #16040] |
Fri, 02 November 2018 08:28  |
boyle014
Messages: 78
Registered: December 2015
Location: Minneapolis
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The documentation at IPUMS DHS is useful for answering questions like this.
If you select the India 2015 survey and navigate to the work variables (TOPICS -> SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS -> WORK), each variable name is a hot link. Click on the name, and you will see a series of tabs across the top of the page. The UNIVERSE tab is especially helpful for answering questions like the one you are asking.
For V714 (called "currwork" in IPUMS DHS), the UNIVERSE information reads:
"Women age 15-49 in households selected for the state module."
So, the reason so many women are not in universe is because only a subsample of women were asked these questions.
By the way, please be sure to cite IPUMS DHS if you use our documentation tabs. Continued funding is important for us to be able to get ALL the DHS samples into IPUMS DHS, and citations are critical for that to happen!
Professor Elizabeth Boyle
Sociology & Law, University of Minnesota, USA
Principal Investigator, IPUMS-DHS
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