Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Rohrer's index (mass/height cubed) (for respondents to female survey) (C_BIOFROHRER)

Data file: TZA2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1193

End: 1196

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
9995	Flagged cases
9998	Missing
9999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIOFROHRER (V446) reports the respondent's Rohrer's Index. Rohrer's Index is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/(H^3)). Rohrer's Index is a measure of acute nutritional status, and may be used as an alternative to Body Mass Index.

The original height and weight values used to calculate Rohrer's Index are also included in IPUMS-DHS. WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the respondent's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HEIGHTFEM (V438) reports their length or height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of female nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in BIOFBMI (V445), which reports the respondent's Body Mass Index (BMI), which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/(H^2)).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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