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Recoded data [message #3029] Mon, 06 October 2014 10:25 Go to next message
viarvey is currently offline  viarvey
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what is the recoded variable name for question 12 on DHS 2008 for Ghana. I need that to extract data to work on a paper title,'socioeconomic determinants of healthcare utilization in Ghana

Vickita
Re: Recoded data [message #3031 is a reply to message #3029] Mon, 06 October 2014 11:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
Which questionnaire are you looking at? Is it the Household, Woman, or Man questionnaire. What is the wording of the question?
Thank you!
Re: Recoded data [message #3044 is a reply to message #3031] Mon, 06 October 2014 20:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks vey much. I am using the household questionnaire(DHS5-Household-QRE-15-2008). The wording of the question is "Has (NAME) been very sick for at least 3 months during the past 12 months, that is (NAME) was too sick to work or do normal activities?
Best regards


Vickita
Re: Recoded data [message #3058 is a reply to message #3044] Thu, 09 October 2014 12:05 Go to previous message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User,

The Standard Questionnaires are used by countries as a template of sorts and customized by countries to create their own questionnaire adapted for their purposes.
The question you are referring to is AH12 from the Standard Questionnaire. It would normally be coded to HV130 if the question had been asked in the Ghana DHS 2008 questionnaire. It would have been recoded similarly to what is below in CSPro. The variable name would start with QH instead of AH (if in the household).
{ member has been very sick for 3+ months last year }
      if HV105(i) in 18:59 then
        HV130(i)  = YesNo( AH12 );
      endif;

However, the question was NOT asked in the Ghana DHS 2008 questionnaire and was therefore coded as N/A (not applicable).
If you have additional questions, please feel free to post again.

Thank you!
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