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Children age 6-59 months who are anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) [message #30519]

Fri, 13 December 2024 12:55

NIkita@123
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Registered: December 2024

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I am trying to calculate the prevalence of anemia among children aged 659 months using the NFHS-5 dataset, but my results are not aligning with the NFHS-5 report. Below are the steps and issues encountered:

Current Approach
Dataset and Variables Used:
PR file of NFHS-5.

Code Used:

stata code
drop any_anem
gen any_anem = 0 if hc55 == 0 & hv103 == 1 & (hc1 > 5 & hc1 < 60) & hv042 == 1
replace any_anem = 1 if hc57 < 4 & any_anem != .
mean any_anem [iw=wt] if hv024 == 9, over(shdist)

Indicator Definition:
Children aged 659 months who are anemic (<11.0 g/dl).

Issue:
The calculated prevalence is not matching the reported figures in the NFHS-5 report.

alternatively if we could use the hc56 variable, which contains hemoglobin level in g/dl with 1 implied decimal place, codes for coverting the same to anemia

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		Children age 6-59 months who are anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) By: NIkita@123 on Fri, 13 December 2024 12:55
		Re: Children age 6-59 months who are anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) By: Janet-DHS on Tue, 17 December 2024 13:19
		Re: Children age 6-59 months who are anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) By: NIkita@123 on Wed, 18 December 2024 01:02
		Re: Children age 6-59 months who are anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) By: Janet-DHS on Tue, 24 December 2024 14:46

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