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Total and Age Specific Fertility Rates [message #3568] Sun, 11 January 2015 17:23 Go to next message
femifemi is currently offline  femifemi
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Please, I am trying to estimate TFR and ASFR for Uganda using UGIR60FL,UGIR41FL,and UGIR51FL on STATA but I have found it very difficult accessing the datasets. Could anyone provide me these? Thank you in anticipation.
Re: Total and Age Specific Fertility Rates [message #3608 is a reply to message #3568] Thu, 15 January 2015 12:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
I have forwarded your post to our data archive specialist who can assist you in downloading the data from our website. Thank you!
Re: Total and Age Specific Fertility Rates [message #3609 is a reply to message #3608] Thu, 15 January 2015 12:39 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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We are authorized to distribute unrestricted DHS data files for research/analysis, at no cost, with the condition that we receive an abstract or a description of any project that will be using the data. Researchers must apply for a Download Account before they can download datasets. Applications for a download account will be reviewed and researchers will be notified once the registration has been accepted.

To register for a download account, please go to: http://dhsprogram.com/data/new-user-registration.cfm

If you are a first time user of DHS data, the following links might be of interest to you:

Information on DHS methodology: http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSQ6/DHS6_Questionnaires_5No v2012_DHSQ6.pdf.

Step-by-step introduction to analyzing DHS data: http://dhsprogram.com/data/Using-Datasets-for-Analysis.cfm

A three-part series of video tutorials for users of DHS datasets:

• Part I: Registering for DHS Datasets

• Part II: Downloading DHS Datasets

• Part III: Opening DHS Datasets in Stata, SPSS, and SAS
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