an integrated dhs system

APLIC conference

April 2015

Dr. Miriam L. King

Minnesota Population Center

University of Minnesota

kingx025@umn.edu

AN INTEGRATED DHS SYSTEM

Overview

1. What is IDHS?

2. What countries and topics are in IDHS?

3. How to use IDHS

1. WHAT IS IDHS?

www.idhsdata.org

A web tool facilitating comparative

research with DHS

2. COUNTRIES & TOPICS

Scope of current grant

Africa (including Egypt) and India

Countries with more than two DHS

Commitment to integrate newest surveys

(e.g., Nigeria 2013)

Subject areas

Demographics

Geography

Household possessions

Education, media, SES

Family Planning

Sex practices & attitudes

Condom use & access

HIV/AIDS

Other STIs

Antenatal & delivery care

Insurance, care access

Fistula, TB

Diarrhea, respiratory illness

Child nutrition

Alcohol & tobacco use

Female genital cutting

Domestic violence

Household decision-making

Samples—countries & time ranges

Egypt (1988-2008)

Ethiopia (2000-11)

Ghana (1988-2008)

India (1992-2005)

Kenya (1989-2014)

Malawi (1992-2010)

Mali (1987-2012)

Nigeria (1990-2013)

Zimbabwe (1988-2010)

Benin (1996-2012)

Burkina Faso (1993-2010)

Cote d’Ivoire (1994-2012)

Guinea (1999-2012)

Mozambique (1997-2011)

Niger (1992-2012)

Tanzania (1991-2010)

Uganda (1988-2006)

Zambia (1992-2013)

Coming in 2016

BIRTHS as a third unit of analysis

Many country-specific variables

New variable groups (e.g., anthropometric)

Cameroon, Madagascar, Rwanda

Additional samples for Egypt, Kenya, Zambia

Applying to continue the grant to include more

samples and countries.

3. HOW TO USE IDHS

Variable availability at a glance

Easy access to variable information

Customized datasets, easy to modify

Variable integration without loss of detail

idhsdata.org

Select unit of analysis

Select the samples of interest

Variable availability at a glance

Variable availability at a glance

Variable availability at a glance

Variable availability at a glanceSurveys listed across the top

Variable availability at a glance

Variable availability at a glance

Easy access to variable information

MPC’s unique documentation

system provides easy access

survey information

Easy access to variable information

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Customized datasets

Log in

Select samples and variables needed

Merge files on the fly, create custom

dataset

Select desired format (SPSS, Stata, SAS,

CSV, ascii)

Download fully-integrated file

Easy to modify datasets

Samples, variables, formats are

automatically saved

Simple to add or delete samples or

variables to existing dataset

No harmonization is necessary

Easy to alter or expand analyses

Variable integration without loss

of detail

Example from IPUMS-International;

IDHS uses the same system.

Marital Status: IPUMS-International

Bangladesh 2011

1 = Unmarried

2 = Married

3 = Widowed

4 = Divorced/separated

Mexico 1970

1 = Married, civil & relig

2 = Married, civil

3 = Married, religious

4 = Consensual union

5 = Widowed

6 = Divorced

7 = Separated

8 = Single

Kenya 1999

1 = Never married

2 = Monogamous

3 = Polygamous

4 = Widowed

5 = Divorced

6 = Separated

Translation Table

Input

Bangladesh

2011

4 = Divrc or separated

1 = Unmarried

2 = Married

3 = Widowed

Mexico

1970

1 = Married, civil & relig

2 = Married, civil

3 = Married, religious

4 = Consensual union

5 = Widowed

6 = Divorced

7 = Separated

8 = Single

Kenya

1999

1 = Never married

2 = Monogamous

3 = Polygamous

4 = Widowed

5 = Divorced

6 = Separated

LabelCode

Translation Table

Harmonized

1 = Never married1 = Married, civil & relig

4 = Divrc or separated

1 = Unmarried

2 = Married

3 = Widowed

2 = Married, civil

3 = Married, religious

4 = Consensual union

5 = Widowed

6 = Divorced

7 = Separated

8 = Single

Single

Married or in union

Married, formally

Civil

Religious

Civil and religious

Monogamous

Polygamous

Consensual union

Separated

Divorced

2 = Monogamous

3 = Polygamous

4 = Widowed

5 = Divorced

6 = Separated

1 0 0

2 0 0

2 1 0

2 1 1

2 1 2

2 1 3

2 1 4

2 1 5

2 2 0

0 0

3 1 0

3 2 0

0 0

Mexico

1970

Input

Bangladesh

2011

Kenya

1999

Divorced or separated3

Widowed4

ANY QUESTIONS?

Thank you!

www.idhsdata.org

An IDHS example…Religion

100 Muslim/Islam 4=Muslim 7=Moslem 1=Muslim 2=Muslim

200 Christian 2=Christian 3=Christian

201 Catholic 2=Catholic 1=Catholic

202 Protestant 1=Protestant

203 Anglican 2=Anglican

204 Methodist 3=Methodist

205 Presbyterian 4=Presbyterian

206 Pentacostal 5=Pentacostal

207 Other Christian 6=Oth Christian

300 Other, specified

301 Hindu 0=Hindu 1=Hindu

302 Sikh 3=Sikh 4=Sikh

303 Buddhist 5=Buddhist

304 Jain 6=Jain

305 Jewish 7=Jewish

306 Parsi/Zoroastrian 8=Parsi/Zor.

307 Donyi-Polo 10=Donyi-Polo

400 Trad/Spiritual 8=Trad/Spiritualist

401 Traditional 5=Traditional

402 Spiritual

403 Animist

500 No religion 0=No religion 9=No religion 9=No religion

600 Other, unspecified 96=Other 4=Other 96=Other

Ghana 2008

V130Ghana 1993

V130

India 1992

V130

India 2005

V130

Egypt 1995 S802 Ever circumcised

Egypt 2005 S801 Respondent circumcised

Egypt 2008 G102 Respondent circumcised

Ethiopia 2000 FG103 Circumcised

Ethiopia 2005 FG103 Circumcised

Ghana 2003 S821 Circumcised

Kenya 1998 S1002 Respondent circumcised

Kenya 2003 S821 Circumcised

Kenya 2008 G102 Respondent circumcised

Mali 1995 S551 Circumcised

Mali 2001 FG103 Circumcised?

Mali 2006 G102 Respondent circumcised

Nigeria 1999 S521 Type of circumcision

Nigeria 2003 FG103 Circumcised

Nigeria 2008 G102 Respondent circumcised

Ever Circumcised

Integration of comparable questions, even if not recode variables