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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Result of measurement of the respondent (B_BIOFWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: LSO2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1109
End: 1110
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
216) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS:

KILOGRAMS_____
NOT PRESENT 99994 (GO TO 216 FOR NEXT WOMAN OR, IF NO MORE WOMEN, GO TO 246)
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
00 Measured
10 Not measured
11 Sick
12 Not present
13 Refused
14 Incapacitated
15 Technical problems
19 Other
20 No measurement found in household
98 Missing
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
BIOFWHYNOTMEAS (V447) indicates whether the respondent was measured for height and weight, or, if not, why she was not measured. All "Not measured" responses have a common first digit of "1," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., sick, not present, refused).

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