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Re: Infant death in last 5 years [message #12560 is a reply to message #12551]

Thu, 15 June 2017 08:17

Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:

I will assume you are using Stata. You would open the KR file for a country. Then enter

gen d12=0
replace d12=1 if b7<12

These lines will construct a binary variable for all children born in the past five years. If you just want the youngest child, then enter "keep if bidx==1". The variable b7 is age at death, in completed months. The first year is completed months 0-11. If the child did not die, b7 has the missing value code ("."). Note that some children have not been exposed to the risk of dying for a full year, and this will be especially likely for the youngest child. You may want to take that into account.

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