Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016

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Reference ID

NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Weight in kilograms (male household members) (H_HWMWEIGHT)

Data file: NPL2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 709

End: 712

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

305. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS.

KG ____. ___
NOT PRESENT 99994 (GO TO 303 FOR NEXT MAN OR, IF NO MORE MEN, END INTERVIEW)
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996

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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