microdata {u5mr}

Fake data for Cambodia

Description

Fake data used to demonstrate the application of Cohort-derived and Period-derived methods developed by Rajaratnam et al in 2010.

Usage

data(microdata)

Format

A data frame

Details

iso3 - the iso3 code of the country from which your microdata come region - the region that the country belongs in country - name of the country svy_wt - sample weight given to the respondent. If no sample weights are provided, then generate this variable with a value of 1 for each respondent age - age of the respondent in years: or time since first birth of the respondent in years sex - sex of the respondent where 1 indicates male and 2 is female. ceb - number of children ever born cd - number of children that died

Source

PLoS MEDICINE

References

Rajaratnam JK, Tran LN, Lopez AD, Murray CJL (2010) Measuring Under-Five Mortality: Validation of New Low-Cost Methods. PLOS Medicine 7(4): e1000253. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.100025310.1371/journal.pmed.1000253)