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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child's height measured lying down or standing up (B_HWHTHOWMEAS)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1396
End: 1396
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
108. MEASURER: ENTER YOUR FIELDWORKER NUMBER

FIELDWORKER NUMBER ___
Categories
Value Category
0 Not measured
1 Lying down
2 Standing up
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
6 Inconsistent
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
HWHTHOWMEAS (HW15) reports whether the height of children under age 5 was measured when they were lying down or standing up. According to the DHS Recode Manuals:


In DHS surveys, children aged less than 24 months are to be measured lying down, children 24 months or older are to be measured standing up. There may, however, be a considerable discrepancy between policy and practice!

concept

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