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Pregnancy History Model Analysis Plan: Time to Live Birth After Non-live Birth Pregnancy Outcome (English) 

Document Type

Methodological Reports

Publication Topic(s)

Survey Methodology, Data Quality, Analysis

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Riese, Sara, and Rachael Church. 2024. Pregnancy History Model Analysis Plan: Time to Live Birth after Nonlive Birth Pregnancy Outcome. DHS Methodological Reports No. 36. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF.

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Publication Date

October 2024

Publication ID

MR36

Abstract:

This document is a model analysis plan for the further analysis of data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. This plan is designed for use by students, researchers, and other data users for developing country-specific further analysis plans. It is the second model analysis plan developed by The DHS Program following the release of data from the eighth round of the DHS, which switched from using birth history to pregnancy history as the basis for the reproductive calendar part of the Woman’s Questionnaire. The decision to switch to pregnancy history was made primarily to enable better capture of information on stillbirth and other non-live birth pregnancy outcomes. This model analysis therefore focuses on using these new data on non-live birth pregnancy outcomes to understand more about the time interval between non-live birth outcomes and subsequent live births. This model analysis plan is organized to show researchers each step of the further analysis process.