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Re: Challenges and limitations of using big DHS data sets [message #13133 is a reply to message #13124] Tue, 26 September 2017 10:53 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:


If you are using a good statistical package, the size of the files will not be a problem. The main difficulty will be learning how to use the package.

There are no cluster-level variables in the data files. You have to construct them as the means and percentages of individual-level variables for the women in each cluster. (The cluster id code is v001.) If you are using Stata, you can do this with some of the "egen" commands. I hope other forum users can offer specific suggestions.

 
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