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Data Structure with regards to the Turkey DHS 2013 Dataset [message #24694]

Wed, 22 June 2022 12:04

Carol Quadros
Messages: 1
Registered: June 2022

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Good day,

I am currently working on the Turkey DHS 2013 TRIR62FL.DTA Dataset.

However, I am confused as to why does one variable have multiple columns or cases

For eg: s439b_1 , s439b_2 , s439b_3 , s439b_4 , s439b_5 , s439b_6 (test for hearing)

If one row belongs to one woman (each unique ID) I was confused as to why are there multiple cases/columns to one variable. The total observations for each case of the variable decreases as you go from s439b_1 to s439b_6.
Do let me know your thoughts.