To produce the ARI variables use the following code with the children under five's (KR) dataset:
* Intialize ARI variable - only for living children
gen ari=0 if b5==1
* ARI is defined as children with a cough with short rapid breaths (h31b==1) and congestion in the chest (h31c==1 | h31c==3)
replace ari=1 if b5==1 & h31b==1 & (h31c==1 | h31c==3)
The denominator is all living children (b5==1).
For children with ARI taken to a health facility the denominator are those children with ARI from above. The numerator is those take to a public or private health facility, except for pharmacies, shops, traditional healers and other non-medical facilities. See the code below:
gen ari_treat = 0 if ari==1
* All public or private facilities, except for pharmacies (g & k) and shops (s), traditional healers (t) and other non-medical facilities (u-x)
foreach x in a b c d e f h i j l m n o p q r {
replace ari_treat = 1 if ari==1 & h32`x'==1
}
[Note that the above is just a condensed form of
replace ari_treat = 1 if ari==1 & (h32a==1 | h32b==1 | h32c==1 ... h32r==1)
excluding h32g and h32k]
Note that the list of variables included can vary from country to country, but generally follows the list above.
[Updated on: Mon, 25 August 2014 21:15]
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