Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

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TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight for height percentile (CDC standards) (Members under age 5) (M_HWCWTHTPCT)

Data file: TZA2015-M

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Value	Category
9998	Flagged cases
9999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For household members under age 5, HWCWTHTPCT (HC10) reports their weight-for-height percentile, based on smoothed percentile growth charts by height and sex developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Low weight-for-height, or "wasting," is an indicator of acute malnutrition. The 5th percentile on growth charts has often been used as a screening cutoff to identify infants and children at greater nutritional and health risk.

HWCWEIGHT (HC2) reports the young household member's weight as measured by DHS personnel. HWCHEIGHT (HC3) reports their measured height in centimeters. The related variable AGEMOHHLT5 (HC1) reports age in months at the time of measurement.

For an alternative measure of wasting in terms of weight-for-height using the same reference population, see HWCWHZNCHS (HC11). HWCWHZNCHS reports the difference between the young household member's weight and the median weight of the CDC reference population of the same height and sex, expressed in units equal to one standard deviation of the reference population's distribution.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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