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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2004
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CMR_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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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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Height in centimeters (Female household members) (H_HWFHEIGHT)

Data file: CMR2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 355
End: 358
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
41) WEIGHT AND HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS OF WOMEN 15-49: HEIGHT (CENTIMETERS)

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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
For female household members who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWFHEIGHT (HA3) reports their height as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the height. Dividing HWFHEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured height in kilograms.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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