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Re: Where can I find z-scores? [message #232 is a reply to message #188]

Sat, 30 March 2013 00:14

Reduced-For(u)m
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Yeah. The DHS reports the HAZ/WAZ/WHZ as standard deviations * 100, so -2sd is -200 here. I usually convert them back for graphs and figures, just so all the units are comparable to other work.

Just be careful when you are writing your definition that you don't accidentally make the missing values equal to 1 or 0, which can happen in certain environments.

So, in Stata, just to be sure, I would code:

gen stunted = HW70<=-200
replace stunted = . if HW70==.

There are other ways to do that, but that's one example. Also, I'm not technically sure if -2 exactly is stunted or not. It should matter very little, but the question is whether to code "<" or "<=". Someone from DHS know the answer to that?

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		Where can I find z-scores? By: DHS user on Mon, 18 February 2013 16:46
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Liz-DHS on Thu, 21 February 2013 10:11
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Kwesi.Nkrumah on Mon, 18 March 2013 20:04
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: mdma0011 on Fri, 22 March 2013 16:22
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Reduced-For(u)m on Sat, 30 March 2013 00:14
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: alimnoushad on Sat, 30 March 2013 05:12
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Fri, 14 July 2017 06:34
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Reduced-For(u)m on Mon, 18 March 2013 16:42
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Mon, 18 March 2013 17:29
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Fri, 14 July 2017 06:40
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Fri, 14 July 2017 11:30
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Fri, 14 July 2017 11:39
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Fri, 14 July 2017 12:28
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Fri, 14 July 2017 14:01
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Fri, 14 July 2017 14:11
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Thu, 14 September 2017 11:17
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Thu, 14 September 2017 12:28
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Thu, 14 September 2017 13:22
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Thu, 14 September 2017 13:26
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Wed, 13 December 2017 12:02
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Liz-DHS on Thu, 24 May 2018 16:24
		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: habt_lancs on Thu, 14 September 2017 13:27
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		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: giacomo on Thu, 10 July 2014 13:32
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		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 03 May 2017 13:15
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		Re: Where can I find z-scores? By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 25 September 2019 18:27
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