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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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Weight for height percent of reference median (WHO) (female household members) (H_HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO)

Data file: COD2013-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 541
End: 545
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
332) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS ____
ABSENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
99997 Flagged cases
99998 Missing
99999 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, HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO (HA12B) reports the woman's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the World Health Organization (WHO) reference standard. This index has been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy.

The following variables report the woman's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:

HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS (HA12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG (HA12A) uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard

concept

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