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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2010 - 2011
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ETH_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Weight for height percent of reference median (MetLife or Fogarty) (male household members) (H_HWMWTHTPCTRMFOG)

Data file: ETH2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 651
End: 655
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
245. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS:

KG _____

NOT PRESENT 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 male household members, HWMWTHTPCTRMFOG (HB12A) reports the man's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard.

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

HWMWTHTPCTRMDHS (HB12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWMWTHTPCTRMWHO (HB12B) uses the WHO reference standard

concept

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