| Re: Inquiry regarding data merging with DHS 2018 using R [message #26137 is a reply to message #26109] |
Fri, 10 February 2023 11:59  |
Janet-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
You posted two related emails but I hope this response will help with both of them.
The PR file has one record for each household member. It is just a long version of the HR file, which has one (very wide) record for each household. If you want to select certain types of household members, in your case children age 6-59 months, you do this with the PR file. Each record in the PR file retains the information about the household as a whole, such as wealth quintile (hv270).
The child's age in months is given by hc1 in the PR file. You would select the cases with hc1>=6 & hc1<=59. To repeat, no merging is needed to get these cases.
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