ITNs - India 2019 DHS [message #24675] |
Fri, 17 June 2022 11:11 |
Thiago Melo
Messages: 5 Registered: April 2021
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Hello,
We are trying to replicate the following results for India 2019 DHS:
"More than one-third of households (36%) in India have at least one mosquito net, while 8 percent have at least one Insecticide Treated Mosquito Net (ITN)."
Instead of 8%, we get 25.4% of households that have at least one ITN. We included categories 11 to 26 from hml7 variables in the household dataset as ITNs (to be clear, by ITN I mean LLIN). If we include only categories 11 to 19 (what works for most DHS surveys), we get 7.9%.
We had the same issue with Malawi 2015, but for ITNs for children and pregnant women. ITNs are categories 11 to 26 according to question 131 of the household questionnaire, but we can only match published results using categories 11 to 19.
I would appreciate some guidance.
Thank you in advance,
Thiago Melo
International Center for Equity in Health | Pelotas
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Re: ITNs - India 2019 DHS [message #25419 is a reply to message #24699] |
Mon, 17 October 2022 10:01 |
Thiago Melo
Messages: 5 Registered: April 2021
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Dear Janet, Cameron and Fred,
Thank you for your reply. You are using hml10_X in your code and we were using hml7_ in ours. If we compare both (e.g., tab hml7_1 hml10_1, m), the categories for YORKOOL (20) and OTHER/DK BRAND (26) are not classified as ITNs in hml10_X, even though they are under the LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDE-TREATED NET (LLIN) group.
Why would that be?
Kind regards,
Thiago
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