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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1993
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BFA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child's height in centimeters (C_HWHEIGHT)

Data file: BFA1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 829
End: 832
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[IN 907 AND 909, RECORD THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF THE RESPONDENT AND LIVING CHILDREN. (NOTE: ALL RESPONDENTS WITH ONE OR MORE BIRTHS SINCE JANUARY 1987 MUST BE MEASURED AND WEIGHED, EVEN IF ALL OF THE CHILDREN ARE DECEASED. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE LIVING CHILDREN BORN SINCE JANUARY 1987, USE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE.)]
Categories
Value Category
9994 Not present
9995 Refused
9996 Other
9997 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, HWHEIGHT (HW3) reports the child's height as measured by DHS personnel. HWHEIGHT values are reported in millimeters, to preserve one centimeter decimal place without requiring the use of a decimal point. Dividing HWHEIGHT by 10 will yield the child's measured height in centimeters.

In most surveys, HWHEIGHT was measured as a standing height for children at least 24 months old and as a recumbent length (with the child lying down) for children less than 24 months old, following WHO guidelines. As the DHS recode manuals note, however, there may be discrepancies between policy and practice with respect to this protocol. The related variable HWHTHOWMEAS indicates whether the child's height was measured as a recumbent length or a standing height, and is available for most surveys from Phase 2 forward.

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