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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Child's weight in kilograms (C_HWWEIGHT)

Data file: LSO2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1148
End: 1151
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
WEIGHT AND HEIGHT MEASUREMENT OF CHILDREN BORN IN 1999 OR LATER

(41) WEIGHT (KILOGRAMS)

WEIGHT___ ___ ___. ___
Categories
Value Category
9994 Not present
9995 Refused
9996 Other
9997 Weight out of 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
For surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, HWWEIGHT (HW2) reports the child's weight as measured by DHS personnel. HWWEIGHT values are reported in tenths of a kilogram, to preserve one kilogram decimal place without requiring the use of a decimal point. Dividing the HWWEIGHT value by 10 will yield the child's measured weight in kilograms.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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