| Re: How to calculate mother's age at most recent birth (last birth) in BDHS 2011 [message #15094 is a reply to message #15093] |
Fri, 01 June 2018 08:31   |
Hassen
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Registered: April 2018
Location: Ethiopia,Africa
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Dear user, Maternal age at birth is computed as follow:
Maternal age at birth=(B3-V011)/12
For SPSS user, we have to follow the following steps:
1) Open your SPSS Data set
2)Click Transform
3) Click Compute Variable
4)Write your target variable in the target variable box
5) Write the numeric expression (equation)
=(B3-V011)/12 into the Numeric Expression box.
6) Click "Ok"
#Then to Categorized (Recode) this variable follow the following steps:
1)Click Transform
2)Click recode into Different Variable
3) Choose your target variable and move into input variable box
4) Write the output variable "Name & Label"
5) Click "Change"
6) Click "Old and New values"
7)Click "Range,LOWEST through value:Then write for example 19.999 value into the box to exclude the value "20" Then give the value as you want (for example "1") & add
for Range values,for example 20-29 years
Click "Range" write "20" through"29" Then give value for example "2" Then Add
You can do all by this step. ~Finally Click Continue.
It may help you!!
I am a new DHS Forum user,You can search other sources for SPSS and also DHS users & experts may add for you.
With Best Wishes,Hassen
Hassen Ali(Chief Public Health Professional Specialist)
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