Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Jan 16, 2021

Last modified

Jan 16, 2021

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Weight of woman (kilos) (B_WEIGHTFEM)

Data file: ZAF2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1214

End: 1217

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
9997	Out of plausible range
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

WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the woman's weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing WEIGHTFEM by 10 will yield the woman's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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