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Order of birth of the living children in NFHS-5 [message #28972] Sat, 06 April 2024 09:07 Go to next message
Varsha is currently offline  Varsha
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Hello,

I want to create variables reflecting the order of birth of the living children, along with their gender. How can I do that in Stata? Please help.
Re: Order of birth of the living children in NFHS-5 [message #28978 is a reply to message #28972] Mon, 08 April 2024 07:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

In the BR file, the cases are all the children who appear in the women's birth histories. The variable giving birth order is "bord" The sex of the child is "b4", with b4=1 for male and b4=2 for female. If you open the BR file and enter "describe b*" you will get the full list of b variables.
Re: Order of birth of the living children in NFHS-5 [message #28980 is a reply to message #28978] Mon, 08 April 2024 08:24 Go to previous message
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Thank you, Tom.
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