[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Weight in kilograms (Female household members) (H_HWFWEIGHT)

Data file: IND2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 383

End: 386

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

303) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS___
NOT PRESENT 99994 (GO TO 303 FOR NEXT WOMAN OR, IF NO MORE WOMEN, GO TO 403)
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Out of range (lt 15kg or gt 220 kg)
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

For female household members of childbearing age who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWFWEIGHT (HA2) reports their weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWFWEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured weight in kilograms.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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