Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2003

Reference ID

BFA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et du Développement [Burkina Faso] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight in kilograms (1 decimal) (members under age 5) (H_HWCWEIGHT)

Data file: BFA2003-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 443

End: 446

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

40. WEIGHT (KILOGRAMS):

KG _____

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Out of range
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

For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCWEIGHT (HC2) reports their weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWCWEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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