Data Files
The Health and Migration Survey (HMS) data are structured in four files for each year of data collection. All files are available for public use. The four files are WMSFILE, KIDSFILE, HOUSEFILE, AND MENSFILE.WMSFILE contains information on all women enumerated from sample households. KIDSFILE contains general information about all children of respondents; it also contains, for the youngest and next to youngest children born before January 1989, detailed birth histories and illnesses in the last fifteen days prior to the survey. HOUSEFILE contains information on each household enumerated in the sample. MENSFILE contains information on the male household heads.
The table below provides a brief summary of the topics included in the four files. Each includes three variables (ID, COMMUN, and PERSNUM) to permit merging the data files.
| Final Table Name | Who is Included | Topics Covered |
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| 1. WMSFILE | All women | demographic information, marital history, last 15 days information, contraception knowledge, fertility, reproductive history, connections to relatives, work and move history |
| 2. KIDSFILE | All kids in household | demographic information from birth registry, birth/pregnancy information (youngest and next to youngest child), last15 days information |
| 3. HOUSFILE | HMS Respondent (woman) | characteristics of the household (e.g., water and cooking, expenses, income, type and amount of goods gathered and sold) |
| 4. MENSFILE | Male household head | health information |
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Before using the publicly available files, users must first register.By registering, you agree to the following stipulations:
- In order to guarantee continued confidentiality, data users will not attempt to identify any respondent.
- Data will be used only for educational/research purposes.
- Data should not be shared with others who have not already registered with the HMS website.
