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The Demographic and Health Surveys, conducted with support from USAID, provide the data for the bulk of our research papers.","body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"title\": \"Datasets we use\",\n  \"date\": \"2014-07-07\",\n  \"template\": \"post\",\n  \"slug\": \"datasets-we-use\",\n  \"postedLink\": \"https://riceinstitute.org/data/datasets-we-use/\",\n  \"description\": \"At r.i.c.e. we use a variety of data sources and datasets to pursue our research in demography, economics, and health in developing countries. The Demographic and Health Surveys, conducted with support from USAID, provide the data for the bulk of our research papers.\",\n  \"tags\": \"Data\",\n  \"banner\": \"dhs-ihds.jpeg\"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"At r.i.c.e. we use a variety of data sources and datasets to pursue our research in demography, economics, and health in developing countries. The \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.dhsprogram.com/\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Demographic and Health Surveys\"), \", conducted with support from USAID, provide the data for the bulk of our research papers. Examples of papers that we have published using DHS Data are \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/spears-2013-the-nutritional-value-of-toilets-how-much-international-variation-in-child-height-can-sanitation-explain.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Dean's papers on sanitation and height\"), \", \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/coffey-et-al-2016-sanitation-disease-externalities-and-anemia-evidence-from-nepal.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Diane paper on anemia and sanitation\"), \", and \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/gupta-2014-reporting-and-incidence-of-violence-against-women-in-India.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Aashish's paper on violence against women in India\"), \". If you want to compile summary statistics from the DHS, try to play with the great online tool \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.statcompiler.com/\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"STATcompiler\"), \", and if you know statistical packages such as STATA, you can register yourself at the \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"DHS website\"), \" and download these datasets to work on. \\xA0You can also download India specific summary reports, as well as reports on Indian states \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.rchiips.org/nfhs/report.shtml\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"here\"), \". NFHS-4, the next round of the DHS in India, is currently underway, and when it comes out, it will end a decade-long drought on data on nutrition and height in India.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Another dataset that we use often is the \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://ihds.umd.edu/\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"India Human Development Survey\"), \", available online \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/DSDR/studies/22626\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"here\"), \". \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/kishore-et-al-2014-having-a-son-promotes-clean-cooking-fuel-use-in-urban-India-women's-status-and-son-preference.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Avinash's and Dean's paper on women's status and cooking fuel use\"), \", \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/spears-et-al-2013-effects-of-early-life-exposure-to-sanitation-on-childhood-cognitive-skills-evidence-from-india's-total-sanitation-campaign.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Dean and Sneha's paper on Sanitation and Cognitive skills\"), \", and \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/spears-2011-height-and-cognitive-achievement-among-Indian-children.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Dean's paper on Height and Cognitive Achievement among Indian children\"), \" are some examples of papers based on the IHDS that r.i.c.e has worked on. We are eagerly waiting for the final dataset of the IHDS-2, which we are told, is being readied for release soon.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Apart from these two sources, we often work on administrative data, such as those relating to \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"tsc.gov.in\"\n  }, \"toilets\"), \"\\xA0or the \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://nrega.nic.in\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"national rural employment guarantee act\"), \". We have also worked on the periodic data that the National Sample Survey Organisation collects (see reports and how to access data \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/site/inner.aspx?status=3&menu_id=31\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"here\"), \"). 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