Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight in kilograms (Female household members) (H_HWFWEIGHT)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 454

End: 457

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

517. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

WOMAN WEIGHT

KG _____.__

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Out of range (lt 15kg or gt 220 kg)
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 female household members of childbearing age who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWFWEIGHT (HA2) reports their weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWFWEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured weight in kilograms.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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