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Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Central African Republic, 2013 - 2014
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COD_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en œuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Body mass index (BMI) (Female household members) (H_HWFBMI)

Data file: COD2013-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 547
End: 550
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
332) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS ____
ABSENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
9998 Missing
9999 NIU (not in universe)
9997 Flagged cases
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, HWFBMI (HA40) reports their body mass index (BMI). BMI is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/H2). BMI is also known as the Quetelet Index, and it is a measure of acute nutritional status, based on the Fogarty Metropolitan Life tables of ideal weight for height.

The DHS Guide to Statistics offers the following guidelines for interpreting BMI scores for women age 15-49:

Normal: 18.5 to 24.9
Mildly thin: 17.0 to 18.4
Moderately thin: 16.0 to 16.9
Severely thin: less than 16.0
Overweight: 25.0 to 29.9
Obese: 30.0 or more

The original height and weight values used to calculate BMI are also included in the DHS. HWFWEIGHT (HA2) reports the female household member's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HWFHEIGHT (HA3) reports their length or height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of female nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in HWFROHRER (the female household member's Rohrer's Index, which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/H3)).

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Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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