Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2010

Reference ID

RWA_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight in kilograms (male household members) (H_HWMWEIGHT)

Data file: RWA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 694

End: 697

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

245) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS

NOT PRESENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9998	Missing
9999	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

HWMWEIGHT (HB2) reports the weight of adult male household members, as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWMWEIGHT by 10 will yield the man's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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