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combining country datasets [message #27829]

Sun, 08 October 2023 21:35

Koray
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Registered: June 2023

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I am relatively new to DHS data use. I am currently trying to work on the effect of level education on caesarean section among women in Sub-saharan Africa. I want to combine several countries' data for this project. Please How do I do it?

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Re: combining country datasets [message #27839 is a reply to message #27829]

Mon, 09 October 2023 14:23

Janet-DHS
Messages: 938
Registered: April 2022

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Thank you for submitting your question. Could you please provide some more detailed information so we can better advise you?

Can you let us know:

• Which survey you are using (Include country name and year)?
• Which data files you are referring to?
• Which software you are using (Stata, SPSS, R, etc.)?

If you are trying to match a Table in a final report, please also indicate which table and which estimate you are trying to match.

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Re: combining country datasets [message #27853 is a reply to message #27839]

Thu, 12 October 2023 07:29

Koray
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I wish to use the individual recode (women data) in STATA format for all Sub-saharan african countries.

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Re: combining country datasets [message #27861 is a reply to message #27853]

Fri, 13 October 2023 13:30

Janet-DHS
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Registered: April 2022

Senior Member

Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

You say you want to look at the effect of education on having a c-section in all SSA countries. In the KR file, in which the cases are children, m17 is the variable that says whether the delivery was by c-section (0=no, 1=yes) and v106 is the mother's level of education. I suggest that you first pick one survey to develop your methods of analysis. Then repeat for other surveys. Let us know if you have specific questions.

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