Missing Data in 2014 Survey- V215, unmet need [message #12286] |
Fri, 21 April 2017 15:26 ![Go to next message Go to previous message](/theme/default/images/down.png) |
mweinberger
Messages: 2 Registered: April 2017 Location: USA
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I am doing analysis using the 2014 DHS for Kenya, and noticed that when doing calculations on unmet need there was a huge number of missing cases (53%) on variable V626A. I traced this back through the unmet need calculation, and it seems to be coming from missing cases in V215, time since last period, which feeds into the unmet need calculation later.
I have looked in a few other datasets (other countries) and they have no or few missing cases on the unmet need variable, so what is happening in Kenya seems to be different somehow.
Any insights into this would be appreciated. I am trying to do analysis of unmet need at the county level, and with so many missing cases it is creating issues with having large enough sample sizes.
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