drsunday-ade/mdhs2024-education-modern-contraceptive-use

Survey-weighted epidemiologic analysis of educational gradients in current modern contraceptive use among women in union in Malawi using the 2024 DHS. Includes reproducible data management, weighted prevalence estimation, adjusted prevalence-ratio models, marginal standardisation, equity-focused interpretation, and manuscript outputs. # mdhs2024-education-modern-contraceptive-use Survey-weighted epidemiologic analysis of educational gradients in current modern contraceptive use among women in union in Malawi using the 2024 DHS. Includes reproducible data management, weighted prevalence estimation, adjusted prevalence-ratio models, marginal standardisation, equity-focused interpretation, and manuscript outputs. # Educational gradients in current modern contraceptive use among women in union in Malawi ### A nationally representative survey-weighted analysis of the 2024 Demographic and Health Survey This repository contains the reproducible analytic workflow, figures, tables, and manuscript materials for a survey-weighted epidemiologic study of educational gradients in **current modern contraceptive use** among **women in union in Malawi** using the **2024 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS)**. ## Study aim To quantify the association between women’s educational attainment and current modern contraceptive use among women aged 15–49 years who were married or living with a partner in Malawi, using nationally representative DHS microdata and design-based statistical inference. ## Data source This study uses de-identified data from the **2024 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS)**, accessed through **The DHS Program** under approved data-use terms. Users must obtain data access directly from the DHS Program before reproducing the analysis. ## Methods overview The analysis uses: - DHS Individual Recode (IR) data - survey weights, clustering, and stratification - weighted descriptive estimates - adjusted prevalence-ratio models - marginal standardisation for adjusted prevalence estimates - equity-focused epidemiologic interpretation ## Repository contents - `data/` – local data inputs (not distributed here unless permitted) - `code/` – reproducible data management and analysis scripts - `output/figures/` – publication-ready figures - `output/tables/` – manuscript tables - `manuscript/` …