Latest birth identification in KR file [message #20415] |
Fri, 30 October 2020 09:16 |
id709nvz
Messages: 43 Registered: March 2019
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Dear DHS experts,
I am using Ethiopian KR file for the whole round to examine the effect of mother's characteristics on child outcome under five years old. Since I am new to DHS data I don't really understand whether KR file has one child per mother or may contain more than 1 child for a mother. What I need is one child for each mother, how can I keep only 1 child with his/her mother in KR file in Stata?
Specifically, I am looking at HAZ, WHZ, and WAZ scores as a child outcome. is it the case that only the latest birth was measured for anthropometry i.e. just one child for each mother?
I like to use anthropometry of the latest birth instead of all births for a mother.
Kind regards
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Re: Latest birth identification in KR file [message #20439 is a reply to message #20434] |
Mon, 02 November 2020 08:32 |
Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3171 Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:
Height and weight measurements are taken for all the children in the household who have not yet had their 5th birthday. This is done as part of the household survey.
The KR file includes all children born in the past 5 years, whether or not they are alive. If a woman had more than one child in the past 5 years, and one of them was not measured, then it could be because the child has died (b5=0) or because the child was not in the household. Very rarely, the mother will refuse to allow the child to be measured, but when that happens is almost always applies to all children under 5, not just some of them.
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