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Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2014 - 2015
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RWA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Body mass index (BMI) (male household members) (H_HWMBMI)

Data file: RWA2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 717
End: 720
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
9998 Missing
9999 NIU (not in universe)
9997 Flagged cases
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 adult male household members, HWMBMI (HB40) reports their body mass index (BMI). BMI is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/H2). BMI is also known as the Quetelet Index, and it is a measure of acute nutritional status, based on the Fogarty Metropolitan Life tables of ideal weight for height.

The original height and weight values used to calculate BMI are also included in the DHS. HWMWEIGHT (HB2) reports the male household member's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HWMHEIGHT (HB3) reports their height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of male nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in HWMROHRER (the male household member's Rohrer's Index, which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/H3)).

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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