Merging IDHS and DHS household level files [message #4199] |
Wed, 15 April 2015 14:32 |
anj_user
Messages: 1 Registered: April 2015
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Hello,
I am trying to link the two and am having trouble. Your info sheet asks that I use "hhid" to merge, but that does not seem to work even if I use v001 and v002 to merge. I also tried to create the "idhshid" variable in my household level sets, but could not do the same for the IDHS. How would you suggest I merge the two? Especially given that I am trying to merge household level files for all countries included in the IDHS at the moment.
Thanks!
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Re: Merging IDHS and DHS household level files [message #14832 is a reply to message #4209] |
Tue, 08 May 2018 11:05 |
boyle014
Messages: 78 Registered: December 2015 Location: Minneapolis
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Quick follow up to this thread... Household variables are accessible from all the units of analysis in IPUMS-DHS. (That's been true for several years.) Simply choose your unit of analysis and use the Topics drop-down menu or the Search function to find the variables that interest you. The + sign by the variable name adds it to your data extract.
The units of analysis current in IPUMS-DHS include women, children, births, and household members--known in DHS parlance as the IR, KR, BR, and PR files.
Professor Elizabeth Boyle
Sociology & Law, University of Minnesota, USA
Principal Investigator, IPUMS-DHS
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