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Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2013 - 2014
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ZMB_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Weight for height percent of reference median (MetLife or Fogarty) (female household members) (H_HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG)

Data file: ZMB2013-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 470
End: 474
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG_________

NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996
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 female household members, HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG (HA12A) reports the woman'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. This index has been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy.

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

HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS (HA12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO (HA12B) uses the WHO reference standard

concept

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