Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998

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Reference ID

NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Weight of woman (kilos) (W_WEIGHTFEM)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2166

End: 2169

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

908) WEIGHT (IN KG)

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Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Out of plausible 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

WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the woman's weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing WEIGHTFEM by 10 will yield the woman's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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