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Re: household member level data [message #3143 is a reply to message #2681]

Wed, 22 October 2014 17:04

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Dear Geoffrey,
Here is a response from one of our experts, Cameron Taylor:
Hi Geoffrey,
To answer your question, yes, you need to be using a different file. Since your unit of analysis (case) is at the household member level your should be using our household member file (also referred to as PR file). This dataset has one record for every household member. You will also be using the hv005 weight when working in the PR file. You can read more about sample weights in DHS datasets under Step 7 http://dhsprogram.com/data/Using-Datasets-for-Analysis.cfm. Finally, to restrict your data set to only defacto household members you should use the variable hv103. Hope this answers your question!
Example Stata Code
use " NGPR6AFL.DTA"
g wgt = hv005/1000000
g itn=(hml12==1|hml12==2)
tab itn if hv103==1 [iweight=wgt]

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