DHS Utilities

utility function for dealing with DHS data

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load_column_config

def load_column_config(
    country:str, # 2 letter character representing the country
)->dict:

Get predined column mapping for some countries. The following countries area supported: - ph Philippines - tl East Timor - mm Myanmar - kh Cambodia

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load_dhs_file

def load_dhs_file(
    household_data:str, # str or pathlike object to the household data
)->DataFrame:

Loads household data and renames columns based on variable labels of the file

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apply_threshold

def apply_threshold(
    df:DataFrame, # Dataframe
    columns:List, # List of columns to apply the threshold
    config:dict, # Config containing the min and max of each columns
)->DataFrame:

Applies a threshold to a list of columns

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assign_wealth_index

def assign_wealth_index(
    asset_df:DataFrame, # Dataframe containg only the features to apply wealth index
    use_pca:bool=True, # if calculating wealth index should be done via PCA or via Sigular Value Decomposition
):