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Re: Issues with educational attendance HV121 [message #8458 is a reply to message #8457] Thu, 29 October 2015 12:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
yohnnyraich is currently offline  yohnnyraich
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Thank you for your responses.
I understand and am very grateful for the large amount of resources on the data. However, what I am trying to address is the fact that "Code 2 in the recode variable HV121 comes from the question 25 of the Nigeria 2012-13 DHS:......for this reason there is no code 1 in the data file, since the question is not asked, and there is a code 2 because the answer yes to question 25 is converted into 2 in the variable HV121." There was no mention of this change in any of the recode manuals or the guide to phase six. It is paramount to make this type of information known to all.
For example, when one reads HV121, Member attended school during current school, an answer of attended at some time affirms that they are not currently attending school, but have attended in the past.
Moreover, for HV125 id (NAME) attend school at any time during the (2012 - 2013) school year? Answering yes to HV125 and then recoding this to attended school at some time is a false comparison as the child could be currently attending school and thus would have been better placed in code 1.
I would just like this clarification to be made for all who may be using these datasets.

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