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Variable for Long/Short questionnaire IR [message #29623]

Thu, 11 July 2024 11:26

kn2024
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Registered: July 2024

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Hello,
I'm starting to analyse the IR dataset 2022, and I am only interested in a set of variables that were asked in the long questionnaire. I can't seem to identify the variable to indicate the long/short questionnaire. I don't want to include the individuals that were not asked the questions I'm interested in. Or in alternative, is there a way to distinguish between N/A and missing data?
Thank you

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Re: Variable for Long/Short questionnaire IR [message #29626 is a reply to message #29623]

Thu, 11 July 2024 12:06

Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Following is a response from Senior DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

The variable you are looking for is "sshort" in the IR file. In the PR file, it is "shshort".

You can find the variable by opening the file and entering "lookfor short". Often the subsampling variables have bizarre names, but in this case, a very descriptive label was used!

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Re: Variable for Long/Short questionnaire IR [message #29643 is a reply to message #29626]

Sat, 13 July 2024 10:16

kn2024
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2024

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Thank you very much for the help. I made a rookie mistake in that I only used the 'v' variables, as my Stata can't open the whole file!
Lesson learned :)

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