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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Weight in kilograms (male household members) (H_HWMWEIGHT)

Data file: IND2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 585
End: 588
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
403) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS___
NOT PRESENT 99994 (GO TO 303 FOR NEXT MAN OR, IF NO MORE MEN, END INTERVIEW.)
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
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
HWMWEIGHT (HB2) reports the weight of adult male household members, as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWMWEIGHT by 10 will yield the man's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

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