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Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2001
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MLI_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante' (CPS/MS) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Child's height measured lying down or standing up (members under age 5) (H_HWCHOWMEAS)

Data file: MLI2001-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 476
End: 476
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
42. MEASURED LYING DOWN OR STANDING:

LYING 1
STANDING 2
Categories
Value Category
0 Not measured
1 Lying down
2 Standing up
8 Missing
9 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 household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCHOWMEAS (HC15) reports whether their height was measured when they were lying down or standing up. According to the DHS Recode Manuals:


In DHS surveys, children aged less than 24 months are to be measured lying down, children 24 months or older are to be measured standing up. There may, however, be a considerable discrepancy between policy and practice!

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Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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