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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Height in centimeters (Female household members) (H_HWFHEIGHT)

Data file: PAK2017-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 434
End: 437
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
206) HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

CM ____.______
NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996
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
For female household members who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWFHEIGHT (HA3) reports their height as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the height. Dividing HWFHEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured height in kilograms.

concept

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