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Child Mortality [message #30631]

Sat, 11 January 2025 23:02

Anonymous

Respected All, Could you please help me to replicate "child Mortality under 5" for india DHS(report of DHS or fact sheet) using stata code.

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Re: Child Mortality [message #30647 is a reply to message #30631]

Tue, 14 January 2025 11:40

Janet-DHS
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Registered: April 2022

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Thank you for submitting your question. Could you please provide some more detailed information so we can better advise you?
Can you let us know:
• Which survey you are using (Include country name and year)?
• Which data files you are referring to?
• Which software you are using (Stata, SPSS, R, etc.)?
If you are trying to match a Table in a final report, please also indicate which table and which estimate you are trying to match.

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Re: Child Mortality [message #30648 is a reply to message #30647]

Tue, 14 January 2025 11:53

Anonymous

1.Which survey you are using (Include country name and year)?
Ans: DHS (India & 2019-2021)
2.Which data files you are referring to?
Ans: BR AND IR
3.Which software you are using (Stata, SPSS, R, etc.)?
Ans:Stata
4.If you are trying to match a Table in a final report, please also indicate which table and which estimate you are trying to match.
Ans: India's fact sheet (section: Infant and Child Mortality Rates (per 1,000 live births- 27.Under-five mortality rate (U5MR)), for further details I have attached India's fact sheet.

Attachment: India_National_Fact_Sheet.pdf
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Re: Child Mortality [message #30702 is a reply to message #30648]

Tue, 21 January 2025 16:01

Janet-DHS
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Registered: April 2022

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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
The under-5 mortality rates are complex. We have posted Stata programs to construct them: https:// github.com/DHSProgram/DHS-Indicators-Stata/tree/master/Chap0 8_CM.

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