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Replicating DHS table on stunting - Bangladesh 2014 [message #11149]

Wed, 09 November 2016 12:34

cmergenthaler
Messages: 7
Registered: July 2016
Location: Netherlands

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Dear DHS experts,
I am trying to replicate part of Table 11.1 Nutritional status of children from the Bangladesh DHS 2014 final report, and would be grateful for your help.
I am interested in the height-for-age below -2SD column by division, but am failing to reach the same values, with and without weighting. Can someone kindly have a look at this syntax and suggest where I may be going wrong? I am using the PR file, as another thread highlighted was necessary.

Syntax:
generate height4agesd = hc5 / 100

count if height4agesd >= 99 & height4agesd <=100
*178
replace height4agesd = . if height4agesd >= 99 & height4agesd <=100

generate stunting = .
replace stunting = 1 if height4agesd < -2.00
replace stunting = 0 if height4agesd >= -2.00 & height4age !=.
tab stunting

tab hv024 stunting
tab hv024 stunting [iweight=hv005/1000000]

Thank you in advance for your support!
Christina

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Re: Replicating DHS table on stunting - Bangladesh 2014 [message #11152 is a reply to message #11149]

Thu, 10 November 2016 11:08

Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Dear User,
There are several post related to this table. Some are posted by Trevor Croft who is a technical expert. Start by going through this thread http:// userforum.dhsprogram.com/index.php?t=msg&th=4688&got o=8600&#msg_8600 If you have additional questions, please feel free to post again.
You can also refer to The Guide to DHS Statistics http:// www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-dhsg1-dhs-questi onnaires-and-manuals.cfm and the Standard Recode Manual http:// www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-DHSG4-DHS-Questi onnaires-and-Manuals.cfm
Thank you!

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Re: Replicating DHS table on stunting - Bangladesh 2014 [message #11153 is a reply to message #11152]

Thu, 10 November 2016 11:22

cmergenthaler
Messages: 7
Registered: July 2016
Location: Netherlands

Member

Dear Liz-DHS,
Thank you, this was very helpful and solved my problem! For other readers, my only error was using hc5 (height/age standard deviation) instead of hc70 (height/age standard deviation (new who)).

Kind regards,
Christina

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