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Antenatal care [message #28919] Thu, 28 March 2024 11:23 Go to next message
Abid Monga is currently offline  Abid Monga
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Hi,
I am working on determinants of antenatal care for the state of Jammu and Kashmir (India). I am using the 'Individual Recode' file. With regard to Wealth wealth index, I find various versions wealth index in the data, for instance, All women factor - Wealth Index, Wealth Index combined, Wealth Index factor scores combined (5 decimals) etc. I am not sure which one I should use, keeping in mind that my analysis is restricted to the women who have had a live birth in five years preceding the survey.
Please help.
Re: Antenatal care [message #28946 is a reply to message #28919] Mon, 01 April 2024 15:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Janet-DHS is currently offline  Janet-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
Because you are focusing on a specific state, I recommend that you use s190s. If your analysis was at the national level, I would recommend v190.
Re: Antenatal care [message #29497 is a reply to message #28919] Fri, 28 June 2024 04:39 Go to previous message
evelynharris is currently offline  evelynharris
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Abid Monga wrote on Thu, 28 March 2024 11:23
Hi,
I am working on determinants of antenatal care for the state of Jammu and Kashmir (India). I am using the 'Individual Recode' file. With regard to Wealth wealth index, I find various versions wealth index in the data, for instance, All women factor - Wealth Index, Wealth Index combined, Wealth Index factor scores combined (5 decimals) etc. I am not sure which one I should use, keeping in mind that my analysis is restricted to the women who have had a live birth in five years preceding the survey.
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Please help.
For your analysis on the determinants of antenatal care, I would recommend using the "Wealth Index combined" variable. This is generally considered the standard wealth index variable in DHS datasets and is the most widely used.

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