Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Mar 18, 2021

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Age in months (members under age 5) (H_AGEMOHHLT5)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 534

End: 535

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

104. CHECK 103: CHILD BORN IN 2010-2015?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 114)

Categories

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
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40	40
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42	42
43	43
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48	48
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50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
99	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 household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, AGEMOHHLT5 (HC1) reports their age in months at the time of the household interview. This information is useful for calculating malnutrition indicators such as height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-age (underweight). The DHS Recode manuals report that the age in months is calculated from the century month code of the date of interview minus the century month code of the date of birth of the young household member.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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