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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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Weight for height percent of reference median (WHO) (male household members) (H_HWMWTHTPCTRMWHO)

Data file: ZAF2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 750
End: 754
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
99997 Flagged cases
99998 Missing
99999 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 male household members, HWMWTHTPCTRMWHO (HB12B) reports the man's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the World Health Organization (WHO) reference standard.

The following variables report the man's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:

HWMWTHTPCTRMDHS (HB12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWMWTHTPCTRMWHO (HB12A) uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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