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

Elizabeth Heger Boyle; Nir Rotem; Miriam L King

doi:10.1111/sifp.12240

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

Stud Fam Plann. 2023 Jun;54(2):431-439. doi: 10.1111/sifp.12240. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Authors

Elizabeth Heger Boyle¹, Nir Rotem², Miriam L King³

Affiliations

¹ Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
² The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9190501, Israel.
³ Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.

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.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Family Characteristics*
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Surveys and Questionnaires

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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