| Re: NFHS 4 - question number link with database's variable name [message #14580 is a reply to message #14078] |
Sat, 21 April 2018 22:59  |
kingx025
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Registered: August 2016
Location: Minneapolis. Minnesota
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The number of the variable will usually only match the number on the survey form if the variable is a country-specific variable (non-standard), in which case the variable name usually begins with an S. Other variable names receive the number afforded that variable in all surveys, regardless of what the original question number was; the RECODE manuals provide information on the standard variables.
You may find the documentation for variables on the IPUMS-DHS website helpful in linking questions and variables. The 4 Indian DHS surveys are included in IPUMS-DHS, but we haven't yet included the data for the men's survey. However, I was able to locate a variable about whether a woman had been married once or more than once, by choosing women as the unit of analysis, limited the samples to those for India (using the sample selection tool), and then looking at the variables available in the "marriage and cohabitation" group. I see a variable named V503 (Woman had 1 union or more than 1 union), and when I check the "survey text" tab for this variable, I find the following content for the latest Indian survey:
307. Have you been married once or more than once?
ONLY ONCE 1
MORE THAN ONCE 2 (GO TO 308A)
I still had to start with the substantive content and work back to the survey question number, but the IPUMS-DHS documentation did allow me to link the two.
I hope this is helpful.
Miriam King
Dr. Miriam King
IPUMS-DHS Project Manager (www.idhsdata.org)
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