DHS-GBD Analytical Panel for Cross-National Mental Health Research

DHS-GBD Analytical Panel for Cross-National Mental Health Research Dataset DescriptionThis repository contains harmonized country-year panel data combining Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates for 53 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2023. Files 01_DHS_SOURCE_57_COUNTRIES.csvRaw DHS indicators aggregated from individual-level surveys. Variables:country_code: DHS country codeyear: Survey yearsurvey_id: DHS survey identifiercountry_name: Country namen_respondents: Number of respondentssecondary_edu_pct: Women with secondary+ education (%)urban_pct: Women in urban areas (%)employed_pct: Women currently employed (%)wealth_high_pct: Women in top 2 wealth quintiles (%)mean_age: Weighted mean age of womenipv_justify_pct: Women who justify wife beating (%) 02_GBD_SOURCE_2000_2023.csvRaw GBD estimates for mental health burden. Variables:country_name: Country nameyear: Year (2000-2023)location_name: GBD location nameanxiety_daly_rate: Anxiety DALY rate (per 100,000)bipolar_daly_rate: Bipolar DALY ratedepression_daly_rate: Depression DALY ratemental_all_daly_rate: All mental disorders DALY rateschizophrenia_daly_rate: Schizophrenia DALY ratelocation_name_fixed: Standardized location nameyld_conduct_disorder_rate: YLD rate for conduct disorderyld_other_mental_disorders_rate: YLD rate for other mental disordersyld_mental_total_rate: Total YLD rate 03_FULL_ANALYTICAL_PANEL_2000_2023.csvFull merged panel combining DHS and GBD data with all variables. Variables: Combined variables from 01 and 02 above. 04_PRIMARY_ANALYSIS_PANEL.csvMain analytical panel used for Papers and Thesis.Contains 1,272 country-year observations (53 countries × 24 years).Includes all key DHS and GBD variables. 05_IPV_SENSITIVITY_PANEL.csvIPV sensitivity analysis panel with IPV justification variable included.Used for robustness checks. Data SourcesDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS): Nationally representative household surveysGlobal Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021: Disease burden estimates CitationIf you use this dataset, please cite: Effiong, EN. (2026). DHS-GBD Analytical Panel for Cross-National Mental Health Research. Zenodo. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.20922004 LicenseCC BY 4.0