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Variable construction [message #9048] Tue, 02 February 2016 07:52 Go to next message
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Hi,

Sorry for reposting this message (this is the same message as [message #9045] in the Nepal section]

I am currently working with 2011 Nepal DHS data (Children's Recode) file. I want to create two variables:

1. Mother's age at delivery: I believe that I can create this variable by subtracting B8 (child's age in years) from V208 (mothers age in years). Is this information directly available in the dataset?
2. Parity: Is the information on parity available in the dataset? or should I use V208 (No of births in the last 5 years) for this purpose?

I would really appreciate your suggestions.

Many thanks
Bibhu

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Re: Variable construction [message #9053 is a reply to message #9048] Tue, 02 February 2016 14:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Reduced-For(u)m
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Bibhu,

1 - that is a fine way to calculate maternal age at birth

2 - see the birth order variable BORD (see BORD and BIDX in the recode manual: http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG4/Recode6_DHS_22March 2013_DHSG4.pdf )


Re: Variable construction [message #9071 is a reply to message #9053] Fri, 05 February 2016 11:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks, Reduced-For(u)m.

I could not understand the construction of the "parity" variable. I would really appreciate your clarification. I think since BIDX and BORD are reverse of each other, we can infer the number of total births given by the mother in her lifetime using these two variables.

However, the same information can be obtained from V201 or V224.

I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks
Bibhu
Re: Variable construction [message #9095 is a reply to message #9071] Wed, 10 February 2016 15:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just to clarify - do you want "parity" as in knowing which particular kid was which particular birth (like, you are looking at children and want to be able to say "this one is the 2nd, this one the 3rd"... or do you want "parity" as in total number of births a woman has had.

If you want the kid-specific parity, you can only use the birth order variables. If you just want to know how many kids a woman has had, you should use V201.


Note, from the recode manual on variable V201:

"Total number of children ever born. If there are fewer than twenty births then this is the same as V224 (Number of entries in the birth history), but if there are more than twenty births then this gives the full number, while V224 will be 20."

http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG4/Recode6_DHS_22March 2013_DHSG4.pdf
Re: Variable construction [message #14786 is a reply to message #9095] Sun, 06 May 2018 00:46 Go to previous message
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Thank you all!!

Hassen Ali(Chief Public Health Professional Specialist)
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