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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child's upper arm circumference (cm) (C_HWARMCIR)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 859
End: 861
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1009. ARM CIRCUMFERENCE (in centimeters)

CIRCUMFERENCE___.__
Categories
Value Category
998 Missing
999 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 surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, HWARMCIR (HW20) reports the circumference of the child's upper arm in millimeters. Dividing HWARMCIR by 10 yields the child's measured arm circumference in centimeters.

IPUMS-DHS has not recoded any numeric values in HWARMCIR. However, some values are outside of a plausible range for a child's arm circumference. Researchers are encouraged to set upper and lower bounds to reflect a plausible range.

concept

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