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unmet need for modern method [message #271]

Sun, 07 April 2013 07:24

machiyama
Messages: 6
Registered: April 2013
Location: UK

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Hello!

I am trying to construct a variable on unmet need for modern methods using the general Stata code provided on this web page http://www.measuredhs.com/topics/Unmet-Need.cfm (it's great DHS shares this code!).

I changed Line 17 and 19 to the following.
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recode unmet_mdn .=4 if (v312>0 & v312<8) & (v605>=5 & v605<=7)
recode unmet_mdn .=4 if v312 > 10 & (v605>=5 & v605<=7)

recode unmet_mdn .=3 if (v312>0 & v312<8)
recode unmet_mdn .=3 if v312 > 10
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However, I don't get the same estimates as ones in Table 4 in the DHS report on revising unmet need for FP.
Am I missing something?

Many thanks!

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Re: unmet need for modern method [message #539 is a reply to message #271]

Thu, 13 June 2013 06:36

Sarah B
Messages: 23
Registered: June 2013

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Hi Kazuyo,

I think your problem is that your code doesn't include Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) as a modern method. USAID considers LAM as a modern method. To match Revising Unmet Need, you'll want to code v312 = 13 as a modern method. I believe that in some surveys the code for LAM is survey-specific, so might not be code 13. In Spanish-speaking countries LAM is MELA.

Hope that helps,
Sarah

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