Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998

Reference ID

CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Whether child measured, and, if not, why not (C_HWWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1002

End: 1003

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1010) RESULT

FOR RESPONDENT:

MEASURED 1
NOT PRESENT 2
REFUSED 4
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 6

FOR CHILDREN:

CHILD MEASURED 1
CHILD SICK 2
CHILD NOT PRESENT 3
CHILD REFUSED 4
MOTHER REFUSED 5
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 6

Categories

Value	Category
10	Measured
20	Not measured
21	Dead
22	Sick
23	Not present
24	Refused
25	Mother refused
26	Child asleep
27	Other
97	No measurement found in household
98	Missing
99	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

HWWHYNOTMEAS (HW13) indicates whether the child was measured for height and weight or, if not, why the child was not measured. All "no" responses have a common first digit of "2," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., consent refused, dead, sick).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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