Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2004

Reference ID

CMR_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de la Planification, de la Programmation du Développement et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Rohrer's index (mass/height cubed) (for respondents to female survey) (C_BIOFROHRER)

Data file: CMR2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1214

End: 1217

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

40) WEIGHT AND HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS OF WOMEN 15-49: WEIGHT (KILOGRAMS)

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Value	Category
9995	Flagged cases
9998	Missing
9999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIOFROHRER (V446) reports the respondent's Rohrer's Index. Rohrer's Index is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/(H^3)). Rohrer's Index is a measure of acute nutritional status, and may be used as an alternative to Body Mass Index.

The original height and weight values used to calculate Rohrer's Index are also included in IPUMS-DHS. WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the respondent's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HEIGHTFEM (V438) reports their length or height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of female nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in BIOFBMI (V445), which reports the respondent's Body Mass Index (BMI), which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/(H^2)).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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