The DHS Program User Forum: Ethiopia » Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000

Home » Countries » Ethiopia » Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator

Re: Calculating stillbirth using Pakistan DHS 2006-07 [message #18670 is a reply to message #18567]

Fri, 24 January 2020 11:18

Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3230
Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Following is a response from Senior DHS Specialist, Kerry MacQuarrie:

When trying to match numbers from a final report table, I find it helpful to systematically work through the following steps, since there are so many different ways one could "go wrong" in matching numbers. Could you work through these steps and identify where you first encounter a mismatch? That will help us help you fix your code.

Check that you have:
1. Correct data file unit of analysis
2. Correct denominator population at risk
3. Correct variables: find and understand your variables (As you undoubtedly already know, there is no pre-calculated variable for stillbirths. Rather, stillbirths are defined as any non-live birth occurring at 7 or more months gestational age.)
4. Correct recoding special values
5. Correct weights
6. Correct tabulation row vs. column percent

You may also want to refer to the coding resources that The DHS Program has on infant and child mortality on Github: https://github.com/DHSProgram

I hope this helps.

Please respond if you still cannot identify the problem after following these steps.

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Wed, 01 June 2016 07:07
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Fri, 03 June 2016 16:10
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Mon, 06 June 2016 10:15
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Mon, 06 June 2016 10:20
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Mon, 06 June 2016 17:20
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Mon, 06 June 2016 22:19
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 15 June 2016 00:40
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Fri, 24 June 2016 02:13
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Thu, 18 August 2016 21:41
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Fri, 19 August 2016 17:33
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Mon, 22 August 2016 06:54
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: chr8850 on Sat, 24 September 2016 02:23
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: chr8850 on Sun, 25 September 2016 08:36
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Mon, 30 January 2017 05:38
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Tue, 28 August 2018 21:03
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 29 August 2018 14:44
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Wed, 29 August 2018 15:50
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 29 August 2018 16:13
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Mon, 08 October 2018 02:42
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Wed, 29 August 2018 16:29
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Thu, 30 August 2018 11:43
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Sami on Thu, 30 August 2018 20:28
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Abe Kiyu on Wed, 29 January 2020 08:00
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 29 January 2020 10:25
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Abe Kiyu on Fri, 21 February 2020 01:47
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Bridgette-DHS on Tue, 24 March 2020 14:33
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 By: Trevor-DHS on Tue, 24 March 2020 15:08
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Pakistan DHS 2006-07 By: rishabh21 on Sun, 29 December 2019 22:42
		Re: Calculating stillbirth using Pakistan DHS 2006-07 By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 24 January 2020 11:18

Previous Topic:	Analysis on Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Ethiopian DHS 2016
Next Topic:	Computing Newborn Mortality rates

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Wed Mar 12 07:21:25 Coordinated Universal Time 2025