Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2012

Reference ID

NER_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Height in centimeters (1 decimal) (members under age 5) (H_HWCHEIGHT)

Data file: NER2012-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 618

End: 621

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

206) HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

CM
NOT PRESENT 994
REFUSED 995
OTHER 996

Categories

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

For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCHEIGHT (HC3) reports their height as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the height. Dividing HWCHEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured height in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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