The DHS Program User Forum
Discussions regarding The DHS Program data and results
Home » Countries » Other countries » Rwanda DHS 2010: Discrepancy in result of Hb measurements
Re: Rwanda DHS 2010: Discrepancy in result of Hb measurements [message #776 is a reply to message #725] Mon, 16 September 2013 03:40 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
HanR is currently offline  HanR
Messages: 19
Registered: March 2013
Location: Netherlands
Member
Hello Richard and Alena,

Thanks for using DHS data. A few things to consider here. In the DHS Final Reports anemia is analyzed (in general) using all eligible children at the household level. A children's recode file is based upon children from de facto eligible women who were successfully interviewed. If you want to replicate the anemia figures from the DHS Final Reports you will have to use the household recode data. Please note and consider the following:
HW55 -> is presented at the individual level, ie children of defacto female respondents.
HV042 -> at the household level determines whether a household was included in an anemia (sub)sample.
HV120 -> from the household schedule indicates whether a child was eligible for hemoglobin measurement.
HC53 -> gives for children at the household level the hemoglobin measurement.
HC56 -> gives the same, but then adjusted for altitude.
HC57 -> gives the anemia level.

The difference of children measured for anemia at the household and indiviual levels may then come from:
- mother of the child does not live in the household
- mother of child does live in the household but was not interviewed
- mother of child was interviewed but was not a defacto member of the household
- mother of child does live in the household, was a defacto member, but not eligible for interviewing (outside the 15-49 years of age range).

Good luck with your analyses.

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]
 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Previous Topic: Ghana 2003 - Height and Weight Scores Data
Next Topic: Rwanda PR recode h023 h024 districtt and region variables
Goto Forum:
  

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ] [ PDF ]

Current Time: Sun Nov 24 23:58:49 Coordinated Universal Time 2024
.:: Contact :: Home :: Privacy Policy ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 3.0.9.
Copyright ©2001-2018 FUDforum Bulletin Board Software

The information provided on this Web site is not official U.S. Government information and
does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government...