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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Fieldworker measurer code for children's measurements (members under age 5) (H_HWCMEASCODE)

Data file: ZAF2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 669
End: 672
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
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
For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCMEASCODE (HC21) reports the code assigned to the person measuring their children's height and weight. Codes are sample-specific; a given numeric code in one sample refers to a different person than the same numeric code in another sample.

Using the measurer code, researchers can evaluate whether the quality of responses (e.g., the number of "out of range" cases) depended on the person measuring the children.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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