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Re: Age in months or years? [message #2887 is a reply to message #2865] Sat, 06 September 2014 16:59 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Trevor-DHS is currently offline  Trevor-DHS
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The two variables contain essentially the same information, one is age in months (HW1) and the other is age in years (B8) - try crosstabulating them and you will see that. You can use whichever is more useful for your analysis.
 
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