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This readme file is related to the paper "Unmarried motherhood and infant healht: The role of intimate partner violence in Colombia
partner violence 
Author: Stefania Molina 
Software: Stata version 17.0
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1) Accessing the data
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The data used for this research article is the DHS Colombia 1990-2015. The data can be downloaded free of charge after registration 
and approval from the website https://dhsprogram.com/data/. 

To access the specific data, one can download all the datasets for Colombia and then use only the files for the women's questionnaire. 
These files are called COIR72FL, COIR31FL, COIR61FL, COIR41FL, COIR53FL and COIR22FL.

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2) Variables 
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After merging the dataset from different years, the following variables are used:

*Individual id
caseid

*Weights
v021
v022

*Birth weight
m19_1

*Education
v106

*Partnership status
v501

*Sex of the child
b4_01

*Information on IPV
d118a
d118j
d118k
d118l
d105a
d105b
d105c
d105d
d105e
d105f
d105g

*Age at birth
b2_01
v010

*Birth order
bord_01

*Place of residence
v025

*Year
v007

*Antenatal care visits
m14_1

*Pregnancy outcome
v230
v228

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3) Description of the ZIP file 
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The ZIP file includes 6 do-files, as listed below. Remember to include your paths in the do-file 00_master.do.

1) 00_master.do
This do-file includes the path to the dataset, and the code to run all other do.files.

2) 01_data.do
This do-file includes the dataset download and instructions on merging different survey years. 

3) 02_generate.do
This do-file includes the construction of the main variables.

4) 03_sample.do
This do-file includes the construction of the main sample.

5) 04_descriptive.do
This do-file includes the descriptive analysis.

05_regression.do
This do-file includes the regression analysis.

06_supplementary.do 
This do-file includes the supplementary materials, which are in the appendix of the research paper.