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Double burden of malnutrition [message #18159] Tue, 01 October 2019 09:04 Go to next message
rwlchoi is currently offline  rwlchoi
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Hi,
I'm researching double burden of malnutrition (child stunting and maternal obesity at the same time in the same household.) in Pakistan using PDHS 2017-18.

The question is that how to make a pair of stunting child and overweight mother in the same household. I figured out that I have to use v001 v002 v003 to identify the household number, but I still don't know how to merge children and mother in the same household.

Also, if one mother gives birth to several children, how should I handle it for the research?

As mentioned above, I'm using STATA 14 SE.

Thank you in advance.
Re: Double burden of malnutrition [message #18175 is a reply to message #18159] Fri, 04 October 2019 11:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User, a response from Dr. Tom Pullum:
"Except for a very small number of women who were in the household survey and were eligible for the survey of women (hv117=1) but were not interviewed, all pairs of mothers and children in the same household can be identified in the IR and KR files. There are many ways to construct the file you want, for example by merging the IR and KR files. However, the easiest way is as follows, using ONLY the IR file and "reshape long":
use v0* v1* v4* hw70* hw71* hw72* using "... PKIR71FL.DTA" , clear
reshape long hw70_ hw71_ hw72_, i(v001 v002 v003) j(hidx)
rename hw7*_ hw7*
drop if hw70==.

You have to modify the path to the data file. You can add more variables for the mother or for the child.

The reshaped file gives you one record per child (age 0-4), with the mother's data (including her anthropometry variables, such as v437 and v444) attached to the child's data. You can then construct the stunting (etc.) variables for the mother and the child and then construct a variable to describe the joint status of the mother and the child."

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Re: Double burden of malnutrition [message #18194 is a reply to message #18175] Wed, 09 October 2019 16:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear Wonil, a more detailed response from Dr. Tom Pullum based on some input from you:
Quote:
Dear Wonil,

Your "use" line has dropped the hw70-hw72 variables. You need to put them back in. You don't need hidx* and hidxa*. That is, change the "use" line to this:

use v0* v1* v4* seduc v714 h32l* h32a* m18* b4* hw1* h11* m39a* m39* h80a* h80b* h80c* h15j* h15e* hw70* hw71* hw72* using "E:\졸업 논문\교수님 2차 (by 19.07.15)\파키스탄 데이터\PK_2017-18_DHS_07252019_2215_133252\PKIR71DT\PKIR7 1FL.DTA " , clear

Your "use" line includes "hw1*. That brings in hw1 and hw10-hw19 (but there is no hw14). In the "reshape" line you will need to list these separately. "m39*" brings in both m39* and m39a*, so you can drop "m39a*".


The "b" variables, including "b4", come from the birth history and have indices 01 through 20. The variables for children under 5 have indices 1-6. You need to add the following lines to change b4:

gen b4_1=b4_01
gen b4_2=b4_02
gen b4_3=b4_03
gen b4_4=b4_04
gen b4_5=b4_05
gen b4_6=b4_06
drop b4_0* b4_10-b4_20
You need to modify the "reshape" command to include hw70-hw72 and replace the "*" with "_":
reshape long h32l_ h32a_ m18_ b4_ hw1_ h10_ h11_ h12_ h13_ h15_ h16_ h17_ h18_ h19_ m39a_ m39_ h80a_ h80b_ h80c_ h15j_ h15e_  hw70_ hw71_ hw72_,  i(v001 v002 v003) j(hidx)

Therefore. the following lines will work (after you have changed the path):
use v0* v1* v4* h32l* h32a* m18* b4* hw1* m39* h80a* h80b* h80c* h15j* h15e* hw70* hw71* hw72* using ...PKIR71FL.DTA", clear

gen b4_1=b4_01
gen b4_2=b4_02
gen b4_3=b4_03
gen b4_4=b4_04
gen b4_5=b4_05
gen b4_6=b4_06
drop b4_01-b4_20

reshape long h32l_ h32a_ m18_ b4_ hw1_ hw10_ hw11_ hw12_ hw13_ hw15_ hw16_ hw17_ hw18_ hw19_ m39a_ m39_ h80a_ h80b_ h80c_ h15j_ h15e_  hw70_ hw71_ hw72_,  i(v001 v002 v003) j(hidx)
rename *_ *

Good luck--Tom
do file overweight children [message #18927 is a reply to message #18159] Sat, 21 March 2020 07:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lubna is currently offline  lubna
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Dear colleagues,

I need do file of overweight/obese children.

Thanks beforehand
Lubna
Re: do file overweight children [message #19203 is a reply to message #18927] Fri, 08 May 2020 16:45 Go to previous message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User, please take a look at the Nutritional Status section in Guide to DHS Statistics and also this link
The link contains Stata code to produce Demographic and Health Survey Indicators. Thank you!

[Updated on: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:46]

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