gagadidier/Group11_Final-Project

Explore the Geospatial relationship between and Child Stunting in Rwanda # Group11_Final-Project Explore the Geospatial relationship between and Child Stunting in Rwanda This project develops a secure, internal Small Area Estimation (SAE) framework for analyzing the relationship between geographic elevation and child stunting prevalence across Rwanda's administrative sectors. The system integrates confidential Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data with Census information within NISR's secure environment to produce sector-level estimates that inform nutrition and poverty reduction policies. The workflow includes data harmonization, elevation extraction, SAE modeling, and visualization—all designed to operate without sharing sensitive individual-level data externally. # All raw data files (DHS, Census) remain exclusively within NISR's secure servers. ## The repository contains only: • Code for processing • Synthetic/simulated data for development/testing • Aggregated results (sector-level only, no individual records) • Documentation and configuration files # Repository Structure Overview Path Type Description Security Level 🔒 SECURE_ZONE Directory NISR Internal Only (Not in repository) 🔴 Confidential /nisr_server/dhs_data/ Data Actual DHS .DTA files 🔴 Confidential ├── RWKR81FL.DTA File Children's Recode (stunting data) 🔴 Confidential ├── RWIR81FL.DTA File Individual Recode 🔴 Confidential └── RWHR81FL.DTA File Household Recode 🔴 Confidential /nisr_server/census_data/ Data Rwanda Census 2012 🔴 Confidential └── PHC5_2012/ Directory Census with coordinates 🔴 Confidential /nisr_server/results/ Output Final outputs for internal use 🔴 Confidential code/ Directory ✅ PUBLIC: All code (no sensitive data) 🟢 Public 1_data_processing/ Module Data preparation modules 🟢 Public ├── dhs_processor.py Script Loads & processes DHS data 🟢 Public │ └── process_dhs_children_stunting() Function Reads DHS .DTA files, calculates HAZ scores 🟢 Public ├── census_harmonizer.py Script Harmonizes DHS-Census variables 🟢 Public │ └── harmonize_datasets() Function Mat …