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age of children [message #976]

Thu, 12 December 2013 07:10

Ebenezer
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Registered: March 2013
Location: Cyprus

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The household record of the Ghana DHS survey in 2008 has two variables for children sleeping under a bed net.
The first one HV228 specifically defines children to be under 5 yrs but the second variable,HML2, is just listed as number of children under mosquito bed net the previous night.What age range for children is HML2 referring to? Is it the dictionary definition of children ( anyone under the legal age of adulthood i.e 18 yrs for Ghana?

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Re: age of children [message #1233 is a reply to message #976]

Sat, 25 January 2014 12:13

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Dear User,
HML2 Number of children under bednet previous night. (Referring to number of children under five years of age)
In Ghana DHS 2008 Table 12.2 Use of mosquito nets by children
Among children under five years in all households, the percentage who, on the night preceding the interview,
slept under a mosquito net (treated or untreated), under an ever-treated mosquito net, and under an insecticidetreated
net (ITN), and among children under five years in households with at least one ITN, the percentage who
slept under an ITN the past night, by background characteristics, Ghana 2008 (Page 224 final report)

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