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Demographic and Health Survey 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2010 - 2011
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ZWE_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Height for age percentile (CDC standards) (male household members) (H_HWMHTAPCT)

Data file: ZWE2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 675
End: 678
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
246) HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

CENTIMETERS___
NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996
Categories
Value Category
9997 Flagged cases
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 male household members, HWMHTAPCT (HB4) reports the man's height-for-age percentile, based on smoothed percentile growth charts by age and sex developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

The reference standard contains data for children up to age 18. For all men age 18 and over, the value for 215 months (17 years, 11 months) is used, based on the assumption that men are fully grown by age 18.

HWMHEIGHT (HB3) reports the man's height as measured by DHS personnel.

concept

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