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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child's height measured lying down or standing up (C_HWHTHOWMEAS)

Data file: BEN2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1361
End: 1361
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
607) MEASURED LYING DOWN OR STANDING UP?

LYING DOWN 1
STANDING UP 2
Categories
Value Category
0 Not measured
1 Lying down
2 Standing up
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
6 Inconsistent
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
HWHTHOWMEAS (HW15) reports whether the height of children under age 5 was measured when they were lying down or standing up. According to the DHS Recode Manuals:


In DHS surveys, children aged less than 24 months are to be measured lying down, children 24 months or older are to be measured standing up. There may, however, be a considerable discrepancy between policy and practice!

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Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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