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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Result of measurement of the respondent (W_BIOFWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: CMR1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2158

End: 2159

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
00	Measured
10	Not measured
11	Sick
12	Not present
13	Refused
14	Incapacitated
15	Technical problems
19	Other
20	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

BIOFWHYNOTMEAS (V447) indicates whether the respondent was measured for height and weight, or, if not, why she was not measured. All "Not measured" responses have a common first digit of "1," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., sick, not present, refused).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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