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Re: Child death [message #13581 is a reply to message #13580] Wed, 22 November 2017 17:14 Go to previous message
Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
The Age at Death variable in the recode data set is B6 and does appear in the Couple's data. From the Standard Recode Manual:
https:// www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-DHSG4-DHS-Questi onnaires-and-Manuals.cfm
Quote:

Age at death of the child as reported in the questionnaire. The first digit of the age at death
gives the units in which it was reported: 1 - Days, 2 - Months, 3 - Years, 9 - Special
responses. The last two digits give the age at death in those units. Age at death is usually
reported in days if it was less than one month, in months if it was less than two years and
otherwise in years. If the last two digits contain a value greater than 90 then this is a special
response. For example, 298 means the age at death was a number of months, and the exact
number was unknown, but lies between 1 and 23 months.
BASE: Dead children (B5 = 0).
 
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