DHS-Recode-VI

The DHS Recode VI for HEFPI

Coding reference:

• The codebook: o Neelsen - World Bank\MEASURE UHC DATA\ DHS guidelines.xlsx
• Previous do files for HEFPI as reference (lots of overlapped indicators, but there are new ones) o Sven Neelsen - World Bank\MEASURE UHC DATA\STATA\DO\SC\02_Prepare_DHS_Adeptmegafile

DHS files and variable explanation:

• STANDARD RECODE MANUAL (definitions for variables and datafiles): o https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG4/Recode7_DHS_10Sep2018_DHSG4.pdf o https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG4/Recode6_DHS_22March2013_DHSG4.pdf
• The relationship between the dta files: o https://dhsprogram.com/data/Dataset-Types.cfm
• Guide to DHS Statistics
• https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG1/Guide_to_DHS_Statistics_DHS-7.pdf
• https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-dhsg4-dhs-questionnaires-and-manuals.cfm

Cross Validate with DHS indicators

• STATcompiler (DHS indicators to cross-validate with our result) o https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/showcase.html o https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/samples-stata.cfm
• Github do files from DHS (for cross-validate) o https://github.com/DHSProgram/DHS-Indicators-Stata
• The report and the coding information in the Tabulate plant is useful: o https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-dhsm6-dhs-questionnaires-and-manuals.cfm