| Re: What is hvidx? [message #15371 is a reply to message #15179] |
Sun, 08 July 2018 20:43  |
kingx025
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Location: Minneapolis. Minnesota
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Another way to check the meaning of a variable is to use the Search function on the IPUMS-DHS website (at www.idhsdata.org)
Based on the search that I just did, HVIDX is "line number of person in the household" in the household member (PR) file. An alternative name for this variable in IPUMS-DHS is HHLINENO.
https://www.idhsdata.org/idhs-action/variables/HHLINENO#desc ription_section
HIDX appears in IPUMS-DHS as the variable for "Health history index to birth history" when children are the unit of analysis (KR file).
https://www.idhsdata.org/idhs-action/variables/HIDX#descript ion_section
Normally the household head occupies line number 1 in the household listing, so it seems unlikely that the two variables (HVIDX and HIDX) would have a value of 1 referring to the same person. The DHS variable for the line number of the woman respondent, specified in the IR file, is V003 (also called LINENO in IPUMS-DHS).
Miriam King
Dr. Miriam King
IPUMS-DHS Project Manager (www.idhsdata.org)
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