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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Rohrer's index (mass/height cubed) (for respondents to female survey) (B_BIOFROHRER)

Data file: NPL2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1347
End: 1350
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS.

KG ___. ___
NOT PRESENT 99994 (GO TO 203 FOR NEXT WOMAN OR, IF NO MORE WOMEN GO TO 303)
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
9995 Flagged cases
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
BIOFROHRER (V446) reports the respondent's Rohrer's Index. Rohrer's Index is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/(H^3)). Rohrer's Index is a measure of acute nutritional status, and may be used as an alternative to Body Mass Index.

The original height and weight values used to calculate Rohrer's Index are also included in IPUMS-DHS. WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the respondent's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HEIGHTFEM (V438) reports their length or height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of female nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in BIOFBMI (V445), which reports the respondent's Body Mass Index (BMI), which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/(H^2)).

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