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Re: Place of delivery [message #23779 is a reply to message #23763]

Mon, 29 November 2021 15:35

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

To get your code to run, I had to change "glcurve PLD_Grouped(aw=wgt)" to "glcurve PLD_Grouped [aw=wgt]". The graphs produced by "glcurve" and then "twoway" (using x_1 and x_2 produced by glcurve) show discontinuities because v190 is categorical. If you want a continuous version of the wealth index you can use v191. Frankly, I think "conindex", with the Erreygers option, produces the best figure. It also produces the value of the concentration index. I don't know why you asked for a way to calculate that index, or why you want to use "glcurve".

You say you want to do a decomposition analysis. Please be more specific about that. Decomposition usually refers to a change or difference between two regressions. What is your outcome and what are your predictors? We can perhaps point you in the right direction but only with more information about what you want to do.

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		Place of delivery By: amanki2002@yahoo.com on Mon, 29 November 2021 02:13
		Re: Place of delivery By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 29 November 2021 15:35
		Re: Place of delivery By: amanki2002@yahoo.com on Tue, 30 November 2021 01:15
		Re: Place of delivery By: Bridgette-DHS on Tue, 30 November 2021 10:27

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