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Forum: Child Health
 Topic: Overweight to under 5 children
Overweight to under 5 children [message #28904] Wed, 27 March 2024 04:54
Suleiman Chombo is currently offline  Suleiman Chombo
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Hello everyone
I am dealing with overweight to under5 in Sub Saharan African countries. So I am using the merged dataset with PR and KR dataset. My outcome variable is "hw72" from KR dataset, which is approximately the same as "hc72" from PR dataset. In most computations for most countries, I am having a difference of like 0.1%, say reported prevalence is 3.5%, but I am getting 3.6%.
What could be the source of the discrepancy that I get.
..AND the special case for Mali, prevalence of overweight to under 5 that I get is quite big, as compared to reported. Any inputs to resolve the issues.

I have defined overweight=1 if hw72>2SD and <=5SD
Overweight=0 if hw72<=2SD, and -5<=SD<=5, was the condition set for valid data.

[Updated on: Wed, 27 March 2024 05:12]

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 Topic: Vaccination Coverage
Vaccination Coverage [message #28891] Fri, 22 March 2024 21:48
Sancho is currently offline  Sancho
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Registered: February 2024
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Dear Assistant,

I am writing to seek guidance and clarification for a research project I am conducting on vaccination coverage in children in select countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. My name is Sancho Xavier, and I am a student and researcher in the field of Epidemiology.

The primary objective of my research is to determine the prevalence and determinants of complete vaccination coverage in children under 32 months, using a dichotomous variable indicating whether the child had complete vaccination coverage or not. I plan to conduct this analysis in selected countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

I would like to request guidance on where I can find this variable of interest, along with other relevant explanatory variables for my analysis. Additionally, I would like to inquire whether it is appropriate to use the BR database for this purpose, or if there are other databases more suitable for my research.

Thank you in advance for your attention and assistance.

Best regards,

Sancho Xavier

[Updated on: Fri, 22 March 2024 21:52]

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