Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2006

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Reference ID

UGA_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight in kilograms (male household members) (H_HWMWEIGHT)

Data file: UGA2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 648

End: 651

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

533) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS _________

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
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

HWMWEIGHT (HB2) reports the weight of adult male household members, as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWMWEIGHT by 10 will yield the man's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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