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Table 2 Inconsistencies for the variable 'third dose of DTP vaccine' in three datasets.

From: Harmonisation of variables names prior to conducting statistical analyses with multiple datasets: an automated approach

Survey

DR Congo 2001

Kenya 2003

Moldova 2000

Type

MICS 2(*)

DHS

MICS 2(*)

Dataset name

dc-MICS_2-ch.dta

ke-DHS_41-ch.dta

mo-MICS_2-ch.dta

DTP3 variable names

dtcoq3

h7

dpt3

DTP3 variables labels

'enfant vaccine au dtcoq3'

'received dpt 3'

'dose 3, DTP'

DTP3 values and

values labels

0 (not labelled)

1 'Oui'

0 no

1 vacc. date on card

2 reported by mother

3 vacc. marked on card

8 dk

1 vaccination card

2 mother's report

3 not vaccinated

  1. 'dk': doesn't know; 'vacc.': vaccination.
  2. (*) There are three versions of MICS, depending on the year in which surveys have been conducted. 'dtcoq3', 'h7' and 'dpt3' are the names given to the variable DTP3 in those surveys.
  3. The last three rows show the information that has to be harmonised across datasets prior to conducing statistical analyses using those variables.