Re: Infant death in last 5 years [message #12560 is a reply to message #12551] |
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Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3151 Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:
I will assume you are using Stata. You would open the KR file for a country. Then enter
gen d12=0
replace d12=1 if b7<12
These lines will construct a binary variable for all children born in the past five years. If you just want the youngest child, then enter "keep if bidx==1". The variable b7 is age at death, in completed months. The first year is completed months 0-11. If the child did not die, b7 has the missing value code ("."). Note that some children have not been exposed to the risk of dying for a full year, and this will be especially likely for the youngest child. You may want to take that into account.
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