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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Whether measured, and, if not, why not (male household members) (H_HWMWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: LSO2009-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 620

End: 621

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

233 WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG ___ ___ ___.___

NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996

Categories

Value	Category
10	Measured
20	Not measured
21	Not present
22	Refused
23	Other
98	Missing
99	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

HWMWHYNOTMEAS (HB13) indicates whether the adult male household member was measured for height and weight, or, if not, why he was not measured. All "no" responses have a common first digit of "2," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., not present, refused).

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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