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Re: Maternal Mortality [message #8744 is a reply to message #8723] Fri, 11 December 2015 15:28 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Check out the "MM" variables for the maternal mortality calculations. These include all the information on the siblings of women interviewed (from which the maternal mortality rates are computed), their birth dates (MM4), whether they are alive (MM2), age at death (MM7), wether their death coincided with a pregnancy (MM9/10). From their you should be able to follow the DHS Guide to Statistics to calculate the rates.

Recode Manual: http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG4/Recode6_DHS_22March 2013_DHSG4.pdf

DHS Guide to Statistics: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG1/Guide_to_DHS_Statistic s_29Oct2012_DHSG1.pdf

If you don't see those variables, which recode are you using?
 
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