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Re: IR and NR files [message #29317 is a reply to message #29306]

Wed, 29 May 2024 12:36

Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Following is a response from Senior DHS Staff Member, Tom Pullum:

The IR file has one record for each woman, and it includes information about all her pregnancies. The subscripts _1 through _6 refer to up to 6 pregnancies in the past 36 months. The pregnancy with subscript _1 is the most recent.

The NR file has one record for each of these pregnancies, so the subscripts are not needed. Methodological Report #34 (https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/MR34/MR34.pdf) may help you to analyze the NR file, which is probably the file you should use.

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