How to Use Simplified Reproductive Calendar Data from the Demographic and Health Survey

Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Nir Rotem, Miriam L. King*

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Abstract

IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), through its intuitive website (http://dhs.ipums.org/), eliminate barriers to overtime and cross-national analyses with the DHS. IPUMS DHS recently released simplified reproductive calendar data. These calendar data are harmonized across samples, distinguish “not in universe” cases from “no” responses, and do not require destringing. Variable names are hot links to important documentation, such as survey-question text and comparability concerns. Analysts can also select consistently coded variables relating to the woman, her household, and her social and environmental context without merging files.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)431-439
Number of pages9
JournalStudies in Family Planning
Volume54
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2023

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© 2023 The Authors. Studies in Family Planning published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Population Council.

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