Final Report (PDF, 2132K) - Measure DHS

A.4 Data ProcessingData Processing FacilitiesA data processing center with four IBM microcomputers was established at the Ondo StateMinistry of Health. Data processing was accomplished using Entry Point, Concor, SPSS/PC and asoftware package developed by DHS, the Integrated System for Survey Analysis (ISSA). An edited datafile was available four months after completion of fieldwork. Technical assistance for data processingwas provided by DHS staff during four country visits, which totaled two person-months of time.ImputationIt is the policy of the DHS Programme not to impute missing, incomplete or inconsistent valuesexcept in the case of a limited number of variables pertaining to the dates of events and the respondent'sage at the time of an event. All imputed values in DHS data sets are flagged, so the extent of imputationis documented. Results presented in this report are based on a data file with imputed values for thefollowing variables:Respondent's age at the time of the survey,Respondent's age at first marriage,Respondent's date of birth,Respondent's date of first marriage,Dates of birdl of the respondent's children.82