Recoding assistance at delivery - DHS data

[Dubile Boko]

Hi there,

I'm using the Sierra Leone DHS 2013 data. I have been trying to recode a variable that will give me the same results as in Table 9.6 and Figure 9.1 of SLDHS 2013.

Could someone please let me know how this variable (Assistance during delivery / Skilled birth attendant) is derived from DHS data using stata.

[Nick Cox]

Someone here might have used this dataset but you would have an immensely improved chance of getting an answer if you posted a data example.

[William Lisowski]

Welcome to Statalist.

For the benefit of those who may be able to help, the results referred to in post #1 are available on pages numbered 116-117 of the PDF downloaded from

http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR297/FR297.pdf

The footnote 1 in that table says "Skilled provider includes doctor, nurse, midwife, and MCH Aide." Those are four of the possible responses to question #433 shown in the questionnaire in Appendix E on page numbered 407 of the document. Without knowing more about that data item and how it is coded, we can't really advise you further.

The document I found with Google's help says nothing about the data files and data formats, so your chances for help are limited to the possibility some other user of this data will see the question. You might review the Statalist FAQ linked to from the top of the page, as well as from the Advice on Posting link on the page you used to create your post, and note especially sections 9-12 on how to best pose your question. The more you help others understand your problem, the more likely others are to be able to help you solve your problem.

[Dubile Boko]

I went through the documents.
I'll try to find someone who can help with a stata code of combining these different variables to generate one variable.

For instanceassistance_doctor comes in the form: m3a_1, m3a_2, etc... nurse comes in the same manner

[Boby Chirinda]

Dubile Boko wanted to check if you managed to get a way to generate the Skilled Birth Attendance variable? I am experiencing the same - the variables are split like m3a_1, m3a_2, and am struggling to combine these into a single variable

[Boby Chirinda]

Could the code below resolve?? gen SBA=0 foreach xvar of varlist m3a* m3b* m3c* { replace SBA=1 if `xvar'==1 }