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How to use Weights for HIV and Women data [message #228]

Fri, 29 March 2013 13:33

idas
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Registered: March 2013

Member

I am analyzing the Ethiopia DHS data and I have combined the Women and HIV datasets.

Which weights should I use for tabulations: V005 or HIV05?

Thank you.

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Re: How to use Weights for HIV and Women data [message #267 is a reply to message #228]

Fri, 05 April 2013 09:12

Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Here is a reply from one of our DHS experts Guillermo Rojas:

Any analysis conducted with HIV data should use the HIV weight (HIV05/1000000). The reason is because the HIV weight incorporates the adjustment for HIV non-response.

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Re: How to use Weights for HIV and Women data [message #825 is a reply to message #228]

Tue, 08 October 2013 20:48

smgwu
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Registered: October 2013
Location: Washington, D.C.

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Hello,

I'm also working with the individual women's and HIV datasets. Are you using Stata? If so, can you provide me with the steps you took to combine the two?

Thank you.

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Re: How to use Weights for HIV and Women data [message #898 is a reply to message #825]

Thu, 31 October 2013 11:55

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Dear User,
There is a section on our website about meging datasets http://www.measuredhs.com/data/Merging-Datasets.cfm
I think this might help you in thinking it through.

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