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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1993
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KEN_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Weight of woman (kilos) (C_WEIGHTFEM)

Data file: KEN1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 700
End: 703
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
808. WEIGHT (in kilograms)
[Respondent and only children born since 1988]

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Categories
Value Category
9994 Not present
9995 Refused
9996 Other
9997 Out of plausible 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
WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the woman's weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing WEIGHTFEM by 10 will yield the woman's measured weight in kilograms.

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