The DHS Program User Forum
Discussions regarding The DHS Program data and results
Home » Countries » Other countries » Peru 2012
Peru 2012 [message #11151] Thu, 10 November 2016 06:58 Go to next message
sophiehanspal42 is currently offline  sophiehanspal42
Messages: 13
Registered: October 2016
Member
Hi there,

I am using data from the 2012 Continuous Survey for Peru in order to calculate age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) per each region for both urban and rural areas.

I understand that Lima and Callao are combined as one region, but are kept separate in the recode files.

This means that when I run my (Stata) code, I receive ASFRs for Lima and Callao as two SEPARATE regions. However, I need to combine these two regions in order to match the TFR (2.1) in the final report for Lima (which includes Callao).

Therefore, I am wondering how these two regions have been combined by the DHS in order to produce the estimates provided in the final report for Peru 2012? I have considered recoding the data so that Lima and Callao=(the same value) and then run the code.. however I wanted to ensure there isn't another way before going ahead with this?


Many thanks
Re: Peru 2012 [message #11200 is a reply to message #11151] Thu, 17 November 2016 12:15 Go to previous message
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013
Senior Member
Dear User,
A response from data processing specialist Guillermo Rojas:
Quote:

Actually, we didn't participate in the DP for the 2012 continuous survey. However, what the user has to do is essentially what he is suggesting (giving the same value to Lima and Callao)

Thanks,

Previous Topic: Tchad
Next Topic: Vietnam 1997 region info
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Fri Mar 29 01:28:15 Coordinated Universal Time 2024