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Are variables comparable between years in the DHS? [message #28729]

Thu, 29 February 2024 13:34

a.ortiz
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Dear DHS community,

I am working with data from the DHS for Colombia for 2005 and 2010. I want to know how valid it is to assume that if a variable has the same name in the 2005 DHS and the 2010 DHS then it is the same variable. By being the same variable I mean that it has the same values and the values mean the same thing.

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Thanks for your help!

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