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| Pakistan 2012-13 and 217-18 regions and provinces excluded for comparability [message #17864] |
Fri, 28 June 2019 16:36  |
Sarah B
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Registered: June 2013
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Dear DHS,
Can you please clarify which provinces/regions to exclude from the 2013-14 and 2017-18 Pakistan DHS survey rounds for comparability between the two surveys? I'm seeing conflicting information on this.
In the PDHS 2018-18 final report, the footnote on p. 2 reads:
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The 2017-18 PDHS presents national data totals for Pakistan that exclude Azad Jammu and Kashmir as well as
Gilgit Baltistan. To compare the current data with older data from the 2012-13 PDHS (which already excluded
Azad Jammu and Kashmir [AJK]), the data was rerun to also exclude Gilgit Baltistan [GB].
I read this, and the README on weights included with the 2017-18 data files that helpfully explains that the standard weights are set to 0 for AJK and GB, to mean that users should exclude AJK and GB from the 2017-18 DHS to be able to compare it correctly with the 2013-14 results.
When I look at both survey reports, however, it appears that the 2012-13 survey did include GB, as did the 2017-18 survey. So, it's not clear why GB should be excluded from analysis for comparability, if it was covered in both surveys.
Further, it appears from the report that the 2012-13 survey did not cover FATA, which was included in the 2017-18 survey. Yet I do not see any mention of excluding the FATA region from the 2017-18 survey for comparability with the prior round.
Can you please confirm whether or not
1. Gilgit Baltistan, and
2. FATA
should be excluded from each survey round in order to compare the two surveys? Thank you very much for your help.
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| Re: Pakistan 2012-13 and 217-18 regions and provinces excluded for comparability [message #17876 is a reply to message #17864] |
Mon, 01 July 2019 13:53  |
Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from the Pakistan Survey Manager, Anjushree Pradhan:
Due to political dynamics, the country recommended that the 2017-18 PDHS should exclude Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) from the national totals, so we had to comply. We collected data for these two regions, but due to the fact that they are considered separate entities, they were given separate weights.
In order to compare the national totals for Pakistan, we had to exclude these 2 regions from the 2012-13 PDHS. As AJK was not included in the survey in 2012-13 PDHS, we only had to exclude GB to get comparable figures (reference the footnote on pg.2).
Both surveys included Gilgit Baltistan, and the results for GB are presented in both. However, it is not politically correct to include GB in the national totals, which explains why it had to be excluded (from the total) for both surveys.
FATA on the other hand is part of the national total for Pakistan, but due to security issues in 2012-13, this region could not be surveyed. It was successfully surveyed in 2017-18 PDHS. Currently, FATA does not stand alone as a separate region, but is included under KPK.
On a final note, if one wants to compare the national totals for Pakistan, only AJK and GB should be excluded.
I hope this answers your questions.
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| Re: Pakistan 2012-13 and 217-18 regions and provinces excluded for comparability [message #27710 is a reply to message #17930] |
Mon, 25 September 2023 00:00 |
owraza
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Registered: December 2013
Location: Nebraska, US
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DiegoBassani wrote on Thu, 18 July 2019 19:17Hi Bridgette and Anjushreen,
As a follow-up to the previous question, which makes the issue very clear, I wanted to ask about a different scenario.
If one wanted to conduct some methodological analysis including all regions included in the PDHS 2017-18, are there any methodological restrictions (other than the political reasons) in combining the weights (for example hv028 and shv028) by replacing the zeros in hv028 by the non-zero values within shv028?
In other words - are the weights for AJK and GB (e.g. shv028) created using the same algorithm as the national weights (e.g. hv028)? If in the future the political situation is resolved, is this how the new national weight (including GB and AJK) would be created?
Thanks,
Diego
Dear DHS, can we get response on this?
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| Re: Pakistan 2012-13 and 217-18 regions and provinces excluded for comparability [message #27716 is a reply to message #27710] |
Mon, 25 September 2023 12:04 |
Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from Senior DHS staff member, Tom Pullum and Senior DHS Sampling Specialist, Ruilin Ren:
If you are asking whether you could construct a pooled weight that would be (in the HR file) shv005 for AJK and GB, and hv005 for the rest of Pakistan, unfortunately the answer is no. The weights would need to be rescaled, such that the total weights of AJK, GB, and the rest of Pakistan in the HR file would be proportional to the total numbers of households at the time of the survey. You would have to find estimates of those totals. You would also have to rescale v005 and mv005 for women and men.
We cannot help with that.
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