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Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS [message #29225 is a reply to message #29220]

Mon, 13 May 2024 10:59

Trevor-DHS
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Registered: January 2013

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Hi
I'm a little confused by a couple of things in your message"
1) In the example you are using I can see that hv000 is ZW7, which means you are using the Zimbabwe 2015 dataset. However, there is no WI file for this survey as the wealth index is already in variable hv270 (and hv271 for the scores). So, I assume you are incorrectly matching to a different survey's wealth index data. That I think explains why you see the gap in the hhid fields in one file but not the other. WI data files exist for surveys DHS2-4 and a few from phase 5, but the wealth indices are included in the main data files for phases 6-8 and mot of phase 5.
2) You say that you want to merge the GPS and WI data without needing the HR data. But it makes no sense to use just the WI and GPS data - surely you a using other DHS variables too, in which case you can link to that file directly.

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		Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Sat, 13 April 2024 08:17
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 15 April 2024 11:02
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Thu, 18 April 2024 10:07
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Fri, 19 April 2024 10:56
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Mon, 29 April 2024 08:04
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Mon, 29 April 2024 11:54
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Mon, 29 April 2024 15:49
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Wed, 01 May 2024 12:02
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 01 May 2024 13:01
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Wed, 01 May 2024 14:40
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 01 May 2024 15:50
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Thu, 02 May 2024 08:46
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Thu, 02 May 2024 10:03
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Thu, 02 May 2024 18:12
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Thu, 02 May 2024 19:18
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: yyumeee on Sun, 12 May 2024 13:54
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Mon, 13 May 2024 10:59
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: yyumeee on Mon, 13 May 2024 13:12
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Tue, 11 June 2024 06:07
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Tue, 11 June 2024 09:57
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: tednoel on Tue, 11 June 2024 10:50
		Re: Strange Issues w/ Data Formatting from DHS By: Trevor-DHS on Tue, 11 June 2024 14:12

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