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Age of Mother at Time of Most Recent Birth [message #21550] Wed, 18 November 2020 05:02 Go to next message
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Dear DHS Representative,

I want to know the age of the mother at the time of most recent birth (bidx==1)they had. I am using Pakistan DHS 2017-18 (BR-file). What is a way to calculate it?

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Dr. Hussain
Re: Age of Mother at Time of Most Recent Birth [message #21562 is a reply to message #21550] Wed, 18 November 2020 16:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:

I will assume you are using the IR file. In century month codes, the month of the survey is v008, the mother's birth month is v011, and the month of her most recent birth is b3_01 (if she has never given birth, then b3_01=.). Her age in years at the time of the survey is int((v008-v011)/12). Her age at the time of the most recent birth is int((b3_01-v011)/12).
Re: Age of Mother at Time of Most Recent Birth [message #21563 is a reply to message #21562] Thu, 19 November 2020 01:38 Go to previous message
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Dear Tom Pullum,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

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Dr. Hussain
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