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recode MICS sibling variables to the conventions the package expects

recode_mics_sib_vars.Rd

MICS and the DHS code survival status differently, and the difference is silent: MICS MM16 is 1 yes / 2 no / 8 don't know, while the DHS mm2 is 1 alive / 0 dead. Everything downstream filters on sib.alive %in% c(0,1), so passing MICS codes through unchanged drops every dead sibling as though its survival status were missing – which silently drives every mortality estimate to zero.

Usage

recode_mics_sib_vars(df, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

df

the renamed MICS sibling data

verbose

report the recode?

Value

df with sib.alive recoded, and sib.sex validated