| child mortality and maternal education [message #4150] |
Wed, 08 April 2015 19:41  |
zhuyilinwendy
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Registered: April 2015
Location: United Kingdom
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Hi,
I am writing a dissertation on child mortality and maternal education.
However, regarding maternal education, I have some concerns as I am not sure which variable I should choose...
The section 'Household:Children Height/Weight/Hemoglobin' in standard record code manual shows:
HC60 Mother's line number from woman's questionnaire
HC61 Mother's highest educational level
HC62 Mother's highest year of education
BASE: Mothers with primary, secondary or higher education (HC61<> 0 and HC61<>
missing)
Also, the section 'Individual(women's questionnaire): Respondent's basic data' shows that:
V106 Highest education level attended. This is a standardized variable providing level of
education in the following categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher. In
some countries the educational system does not fit naturally within this scheme and a
different categorization was used for the Final Report. In this case, this variable is
constructed as accurately as possible from the country's own scheme and the variable used
for the Final Report is included as a country-specific variable.
V107 Highest year of education gives the years of education completed at the level given in V106.
BASE: All respondents except those answering "No education" or with missing data for
V106 (V106 <> 0 & V106 <> 9).
I understand that women are not necessary the mothers....Therefore, in this case, should I use HC62 as my variable?? Otherwise, could you please suggest the better idea?
Thanks a lot.
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