Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child's weight in kilograms (C_HWWEIGHT)

Data file: NGA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1494

End: 1497

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

505. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG. ___.___

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Weight out of range
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 surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, HWWEIGHT (HW2) reports the child's weight as measured by DHS personnel. HWWEIGHT values are reported in tenths of a kilogram, to preserve one kilogram decimal place without requiring the use of a decimal point. Dividing the HWWEIGHT value by 10 will yield the child's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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