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defacto and djure variables [message #11008] Tue, 18 October 2016 02:19 Go to next message
phres110 is currently offline  phres110
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Dear DHS Experts
with reference to your reply to the message link ( http://userforum.dhsprogram.com/index.php?t=tree&th=5266 &goto=10127&#msg_10127) i have a confusion Mr Tom Pullum said that

"The KR file (also the BR file) is limited to the children of women who are de facto members of the household".

I am using BR file, i have a question does it mean that i have to taken only defacto variables not djure like for region i should choose V101 rather than V 139?
please clear my confusion.
Thanks in advance


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Re: defacto and djure variables [message #11013 is a reply to message #11008] Tue, 18 October 2016 11:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:

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The women in the IR file (and the men in the MR file) are de facto members of the household. That is, only the household members who have hv103=1 ("slept here last night"), and are in the correct age range, will proceed to the individual interviews. You don't have to do anything when you analyze the files. They are already limited to de facto members of the household. Note that this criterion applies to the women/mothers (and the men) but not to the children. MICS surveys are de jure. There are a few tables in the DHS reports in which the de facto criterion is applied to data collected in the household interview, in order to be consistent with MICS. Otherwise, when comparing DHS and MICS surveys, you should be aware of this difference, but in fact there is almost complete overlap in the de facto and de jure populations.
Re: defacto and djure variables [message #11018 is a reply to message #11013] Wed, 19 October 2016 08:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
phres110 is currently offline  phres110
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Dear Sir,
Thank you very much...kindly clear one more thing i am using BR file should i use defacto variabls?...at first i chose dejure variables like i chose V 139 for region should i choose V101 instead
Regards


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Re: defacto and djure variables [message #11020 is a reply to message #11018] Wed, 19 October 2016 11:27 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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From Tom Pullum:

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Please use v101, which should be the same as v024.
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