| Re: Stillbirth [message #30212 is a reply to message #30192] |
Tue, 15 October 2024 14:01  |
Janet-DHS
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Registered: April 2022
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
The Kenya and Tanzania surveys were part of DHS-8, as you say, and they have NR files for pregnancies in the past 3 years (p19=0 through 35). Open one of the NR files and enter "describe p*". You will see that the day, month, and year of the end of the pregnancy are given by p17, p1, and p2, respectively. Single pregnancies are identified by p0=0. You probably want to restrict to cases with p32=1 or 2 (live births and stillbirths) and try to fit Pr(p32=2).
If you want a longer time period than the past 3 years, for example the past 10 years, you can reshape the p variables in the IR file.
The Uganda survey did not include pregnancy histories. I do not have time to check, but if this survey included a contraceptive calendar, you can identify stillbirths as terminations (T) preceded by 6 or more months of pregnancy (P), and the month and year when they occurred, but it is much more work and you can't go back more than 5 years. The DHS Guide to Statistics and calendar tutorial would help you analyze the calendar.
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