Great to have our own Mehr Munir give a talk about @ipumsGH and @ipumsi at Dow University of Health Sciences! We love getting to meet so many wonderful people.
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We are so excited to host a free webinar on Jan. 30 from 10-11 am CT to introduce you to IPUMS MICS - the harmonized version of MICS from @UNICEFData! Registration required: z.umn.edu/MICS-Webinar
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📣 IPUMS PMA just released harmonized service delivery point and client exit interview data from Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, Kenya, India, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda from 2020-2022. @PM4Action Check it out at pma.ipums.org/pma/
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New paper led by Alfredo Rojas (UNC Anth, soon @UNCPopCenter) in POEN! As there is currently no consensus on how to measure the climate and vegetation contexts of child health, we examine a large set of plausible specifications and make recommendations for future studies.
'Ethiopian women reported widely varying maternity care experiences delivering in health facilities..' A recent study by Elizabeth & her collaborates explores the variation in maternity care of women in 6 regions of Ethiopia. Follow the link below 👇pmadata.org/media/1487/downl…
Maya Luetke and Devon Kristiansen presented their poster at #ICFP2022 today! They are just two of the wonderful team of people here at IPUMS. If you are at ICFP, come by and see us! @ICFP2022
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We are hiring a Senior Data Analyst to join the PMA team as part of the broader @ipumsGH group. This team integrates the @pma4action data and actively promotes use of the data through analysis, outreach, and training.
Learn more: assets.ipums.org/_files/jobs…
Interactive maps built with #leaflet for #rstats allow readers to scroll, zoom, and toggle between multiple data layers. You can even add #gtsummary tables for additional summary data 🤩 Check it out in our latest post from guest blogger @finnaxelrtech.popdata.org/pma-data-hu…
How much do you know abt the challenge with the place of delivery in Ethiopia? Researchers recently published article using @PmaEthiopia data by assessing individual,household,community,& health facility factors associated with delivery place in Ethiopia. journals.plos.org/globalpubl…
Clients who were dissatisfied w/facility cleanliness and/or how staff treated them during their #familyplanning visit had a higher probability of stopping the use of #contraception than clients satisfied with such services.
Read PMA's latest article: bit.ly/3Rar3qy
Want to leverage the DHS reproductive calendar data, but don't know where to start? Join us next Wednesday (8/24) from 9-10AM CT for a webinar on accessing these data via IPUMS DHS and learn about how to use them in your research.
z.umn.edu/DHS-webinar
Did you know that #YouTube offers auto-translated captions for all IPUMS video tutorials in almost any language? #RStats users can download and clean a full transcript in their language via the Youtube Transcript API for #Python with 📦 #reticulate.
tech.popdata.org/pma-data-hu…
In this paper, I do not find evidence for a baby boom in these sub-Saharan African countries since the start of the pandemic. Rather the opposite: Use of modern contraceptives is up, pregnancies are down in some places and age groups. #WorldPopulationDay@UN