Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009

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Reference ID

LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Weight in kilograms (male household members) (H_HWMWEIGHT)

Data file: LSO2009-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 580

End: 583

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

233 WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG ___ ___ ___.___

NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996

Categories

Value	Category
9994	Not present
9995	Refused
9996	Other
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

HWMWEIGHT (HB2) reports the weight of adult male household members, as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWMWEIGHT by 10 will yield the man's measured weight in kilograms.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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