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Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years [message #22314 is a reply to message #22295]

Thu, 25 February 2021 14:14

Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:

If you require that v208=1, then you are selecting children whose mother had only one birth in the past five years. The child with bidx=1 will be that one child. In the KR file, there won't be any other children with the same mother. That child will definitely have b0=0, that is will be a singleton. Any other value of b0 for the most recent child would imply that the mother had MORE THAN ONE birth in the past five years. That is, the requirement that b0=0 is superfluous.

I guess I don't really understand what is your intended sample. Can you answer yes or no to the following three questions? (1) Child must be a singleton? (yes/no). (2) Child must be the only child born in the past five years? (yes/no). (3) Must be the most recent birth? (yes/no). Thanks!

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		Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: shujaat.smc@gmail.com on Fri, 29 January 2021 02:27
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 29 January 2021 07:14
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: shujaat.smc@gmail.com on Wed, 24 February 2021 06:40
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: Bridgette-DHS on Wed, 24 February 2021 08:18
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: shujaat.smc@gmail.com on Wed, 24 February 2021 08:29
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: Bridgette-DHS on Thu, 25 February 2021 14:14
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: shujaat.smc@gmail.com on Thu, 25 February 2021 14:47
		Re: Most recent born Vs All births in Five Years By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 26 February 2021 07:53

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