| Ghana 2104 getting started [message #10493] |
Fri, 29 July 2016 15:29  |
KEKS
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2016
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I am having trouble just understanding what each variable name in the dataset represents. When I refer to the recode manual, not all the variable names are listed. What am I missing?
Thank you!
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| Re: Ghana 2104 getting started [message #10496 is a reply to message #10495] |
Fri, 29 July 2016 17:29  |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
You can take a look at the MAP file GHIR70.MAP and also take a look at the questionnaire in the back on the final report. Country specific variables generally follow what is in the questionnaire as far the value labels. Take a look at this variable from the map file.
SH34 How often to read 78 1 N I 1 0 No No
1 Few times a week
2 Once a week
3 Once a month
4 Every six months
5 Nobody reads
6 Other
8 Don't know
(m) 9 Missing
(na) Not applicable
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| Re: Ghana 2104 getting started [message #14594 is a reply to message #10495] |
Sun, 22 April 2018 02:27 |
kingx025
Messages: 95
Registered: August 2016
Location: Minneapolis. Minnesota
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The Ghana 2014 dataset is included in IPUMS-DHS, and you can use the "Sample Selection" feature to only show variables from that sample. From the select data page, choose your unit of analysis and then look at variables as displayed in the drop-down topical menus. If you click on the name of a variable (including the original DHS name for the variable), you will be brought to extensive information about the variable, including the (unweight4ed) codes and frequencies, the meaning of the variable, who was included in variable (universe), and the question text. To get started using the IPUMS-DHS website, consult the beginners User Guide, here:
https://internal.idhsdata.org/idhs/user_guide.shtml
Some of the country-specific variables for this sample haven't been included in IPUMS-DHS yet, but you can learn a lot about many of the variables by consulting the website and variable-specific documentation.
Miriam King
Dr. Miriam King
IPUMS-DHS Project Manager (www.idhsdata.org)
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