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Identifying Variables [message #30627]

Fri, 10 January 2025 22:32

Mohiuddin Ekram
Messages: 3
Registered: January 2025

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Hi!
This is the first time I am working with DHS data, so my questions might be naive. But can you:
1. Help me identify the recode manual for DHS-8? Would be helpful in answering subsequent questions I guess.
2. Direct me to the complete questions associated with each variables that there are data for, specifically in the PR dataset for BDHS 2022. I couldn't read the labels in R, and some of the labels were not self-explanatory. For instance, blood glucose levels for men and women, although listed in separate columns, have identical labels, making it difficult to identify which is which.
3. Suggest the best way to integrate GPS data to PR or other datasets.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Re: Identifying Variables [message #30641 is a reply to message #30627]

Mon, 13 January 2025 07:20

Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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1. Help me identify the recode manual for DHS-8? Would be helpful in answering subsequent questions I guess.
The DHS-VIII Recode Manual isn't quite ready, and we don't have a release date at this time. Please check back in a couple of months.

2. Direct me to the complete questions associated with each variables that there are data for, specifically in the PR dataset for BDHS 2022. I couldn't read the labels in R, and some of the labels were not self-explanatory. For instance, blood glucose levels for men and women, although listed in separate columns, have identical labels, making it difficult to identify which is which.
The complete questionnaire can be found in the appendix of the final country report: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR386/FR386.pdf
To view the variable labels, please open the file with ".MAP" extension in any text editor.

3. Suggest the best way to integrate GPS data to PR or other datasets.
Please view the merge codes here: https://github.com/DHSProgram/DHS-Analysis-Code/tree/main/In tro_DHSdata_Analysis/4_Using_Multiple_Files

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