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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011
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BGD_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Height in centimeters (male household members) (H_HWMHEIGHT)

Data file: BGD2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 561
End: 564
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
227) HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

CM. __________.______
NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996
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
HWMHEIGHT (HB3) reports the height of adult male household members, as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the height. Dividing HWMHEIGHT by 10 will yield the man's measured height in centimeters.

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