Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Height in centimeters (male household members) (H_HWMHEIGHT)

Data file: IND2005-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 613

End: 616

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

74. HEIGHT (CENTIMETERS)

CM ______

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

HWMHEIGHT (HB3) reports the height of adult male household members, as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the height. Dividing HWMHEIGHT by 10 will yield the man's measured height in centimeters.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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