Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2015

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Reference ID

ZWE_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight of woman (kilos) (B_WEIGHTFEM)

Data file: ZWE2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1186

End: 1189

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

WEIGHT, HEIGHT, HEMOGLOBIN MEASUREMENT AND HIV TESTING FOR WOMEN AGE 15-49

201. CHECK COLUMN 9 IN HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE. RECORD THE LINE NUMBER, NAME, AGE, AND MARITAL STATUS FOR ALL ELIGIBLE WOMEN IN 202, 203, AND 204.

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Out of plausible range
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

WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the woman's weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing WEIGHTFEM by 10 will yield the woman's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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