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Which Dataset to Use? [message #2139]

Thu, 08 May 2014 09:18

ahmed89o
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Registered: August 2013
Location: Germany

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Dear DHS users,
I wonder if I can use the children recode file to analyze Maternal Health Care?

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Re: Which Dataset to Use? [message #2141 is a reply to message #2139]

Thu, 08 May 2014 11:24

ahmed89o
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I mean in regression analysis not in descriptive analysis.

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Re: Which Dataset to Use? [message #2142 is a reply to message #2141]

Thu, 08 May 2014 11:45

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Dear User,
I think you might need to provide more detail to your question, but generally The Guide to DHS Statistic's section on maternal and child health gives you a) the coverage b) the numerators c) the denominators. The publication is on our WEBSITE and is bookmarked. Please click on the link to access "The Guide to DHS Statistics" http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG1/Guide_to_DHS_Statistics _29Oct2012_DHSG1.pdf
Thank you! If you have additional questions, please feel free to post again.

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Re: Which Dataset to Use? [message #2197 is a reply to message #2142]

Thu, 22 May 2014 16:07

ahmed89o
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Dear group,
So if am running Wald test looking for interaction terms between variable of interest and time dummies with the purpose of conducting trend analysis. The dataset is pooled dataset from several surveys at several points of time (years 2000, 2005, 2008). However, am mainly concerned with interactions terms between variable of interest and year of survey dummy over time (across several rounds of survey). The individual estimates of interactions are insignificant while main effects are significant. The Wald test gives significant result, is it ok to rely on wald test over individual estimates. Given that am intested does the Wald test should include the main effect or only interaction? Any help?
my commands are
logistic m2a i.v013 b(last).v190##timedum2 b(last).v190##timedum3 b(last).v190##timedum1,cluster(v001r)
testparm b(last).v190##timedum2 b(last).v190##timedum3 b(last).v190##timedum1

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Re: Which Dataset to Use? [message #2208 is a reply to message #2197]

Tue, 27 May 2014 11:33

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Dear User,
Attached is a response from one of our experts, Dr.Shea Rutstein.

Attachment: WALD_Test_Response_Dr_Rutstein.txt
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