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| Re: Merging Egypt 2000 KR and HW files [message #20198 is a reply to message #20172] |
Wed, 07 October 2020 07:51   |
Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:
DHS has some naming rules that can be confusing. In the PR file, some variables (such as anthropometry) have the prefix hc for children, ha for women, and (if included) hb for men. In the IR, KR, and BR files the prefix for children is hw. If you find hc70 in the PR file and hw70 in the KR file, they are the same variable, with the same values for the same child. The only difference is that there will be some children in the PR file who are not in the KR file (because their mother was not in the household), so there are a few more cases with hc70 than with hw70. The point is that it's the same variable, just in a different file. So when you merge the HW file with the PR file, the prefix should be hc, and when you merge with the KR file it should be hw. But it's a minor matter, just a naming convention.
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