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

Data file: NPL2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 749
End: 750
Width: 2
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
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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