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Re: DHS Burundi 1987 [message #3219 is a reply to message #3202] Fri, 07 November 2014 21:47 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Trevor-DHS is currently offline  Trevor-DHS
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You need to use the height and weight dataset with the children's recode (KR) file.

The following code will link the two together:

* rename variables and sort data for merging
use "BUHW01FL.DTA", clear 
ren hwcaseid caseid
ren hwline midx
sort caseid midx
save "BUHW01_temp.dta", replace

* Sort the children's recode data and then merge 
use "BUKR01FL.DTA", clear 
sort caseid midx
merge 1:1 caseid midx using "BUHW01_temp.dta"

* Example tabulation of stunted by region
gen stunted = (hc70<-200) if hc70 <9990
tab v101 stunted [iw=v005/1000000]
 
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