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Re: stunting variable [message #3782 is a reply to message #3688]

Tue, 10 February 2015 14:48

Reduced-For(u)m
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For calculating z-scores in Stata I like the package "zscore06". You just put in height (cm), age (months, with decimals ok), and gender and it spits out WHO z-scores.

And in case you still weren't clear on the "_01" the var X_01 would refer to the first child born (or last, I am not sure, you could check by birthdate), the next child would be X_02, etc. It is just indexing the child (or household member) number, since some households have heights for multiple children. The "child recode" would have each child as its own observation, so there is no need for the "_01" or "_02" indexing.

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		stunting variable By: adotei on Mon, 26 January 2015 09:06
		Re: stunting variable By: Reduced-For(u)m on Mon, 26 January 2015 22:13
		Re: stunting variable By: adotei on Tue, 27 January 2015 10:44
		Re: stunting variable By: Reduced-For(u)m on Tue, 10 February 2015 14:48
		Re: stunting variable By: adotei on Tue, 27 January 2015 10:53
		Re: stunting variable By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 28 January 2015 12:36

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