Centre for Demographic Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
BMC Res Notes. 2023 Sep 19;16(1):223. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06485-x.
This research note introduces a set of tools to conduct analysis of household structure and composition with either limited or comprehensive longitudinal data. The data used here are from Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems in Africa, but the methods can be adapted and applied to other longitudinal micro-data such as register data. A training manual describing the procedures for creating time-varying household measures step-by-step is supplied as supplementary material to this note. Code is provided in STATA but can easily be translated for other statistical software, and the logic for each step remains the same.
The analysis of household structure demonstrates how with limited data (such as a household identifier), it is possible to construct time-varying measures of household membership, including household size or the number of members in specific age and sex groups. The analysis of household composition demonstrates how with expanded data (including links to parents in addition to residence status in the same household), it is possible to construct time-varying measures of household membership of specific kin, i.e. mother, sibling or grandparent. The results illustrated in this research note are a taste of what can be achieved by following the training manual in the supplementary material.
本研究说明介绍了一套工具，用于对有限或全面的纵向数据进行家庭结构和组成分析。此处使用的数据来自非洲的健康和人口监测系统，但这些方法可以适应和应用于其他纵向微观数据，如登记数据。本说明附有一份逐步介绍创建时变家庭度量的过程的培训手册。代码以 STATA 提供，但可以轻松地转换为其他统计软件，并且每个步骤的逻辑保持不变。
家庭结构的分析表明，在有限的数据（例如家庭标识符）的情况下，如何构建家庭成员的时变度量，包括家庭规模或特定年龄和性别组的成员数量。家庭组成的分析表明，在扩展的数据（包括除了在同一家庭中的居住状况之外，还包括与父母的链接）的情况下，如何构建特定亲属（即母亲、兄弟姐妹或祖父母）的家庭成员的时变度量。本研究说明中展示的结果只是按照补充材料中的培训手册可以实现的内容的一个示例。
