Luminare: Providing Sample Weights for Multilevel Analysis while Protecting Confidentiality

Written by: The DHS Program

07 Oct, 2020

The DHS Program recently published a Methodological Report providing a framework for estimating “level-weights” in DHS surveys – weights that correspond to each stage of sampling. These weights are required for multilevel modeling. While the audience for the framework itself is academic researchers, the challenge of protecting respondent confidentiality while supporting data analysis is of […]

Model Datasets to the Rescue

Written by: The DHS Program

30 Mar, 2016

Have you ever wanted to start immediately working on a DHS dataset, but didn’t have a research topic? Or didn’t want to take the time to register for access? Well, The DHS Program now has the cure for all your data analysis woes! The DHS Program has created model datasets so users can become familiar […]

Linking DHS Data with Health Facility Data: Opportunities and Challenges

Written by: The DHS Program

22 Jul, 2015

For 30 years, The DHS Program has asked women hundreds of questions about their utilization of various health care services, including family planning, antenatal and delivery care, vaccination and treatment of sick children, malaria treatment, and HIV prevention and treatment. In 1999, The DHS Program started collecting facility-level data through the Service Provision Assessment (SPA) […]

Your Questions on Weighting Answered: The DHS Program User Forum and Webinar

Written by: The DHS Program

20 May, 2015

The DHS Program regularly gets questions from users about sampling and weighting. “How do I apply sample weights in multilevel analyses?” or “What is the difference between self weighting data and non-self weighting data?” On June 3, 2015, three DHS experts will answer users’ questions on “Weights and other adjustments for the survey design” in […]