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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Arm circumference (cm) (B_BIOFARMCIRCCM)

Data file: MWI1992-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 735
End: 737
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1009. ARM CIRCUMFERENCE (in centimeters)

CIRCUMFERENCE___.__
Categories
Value Category
998 Missing
999 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 women who gave birth in the three to five years before the survey, BIOFARMCIRCCM (V436) reports the circumference of the respondent's left upper arm in millimeters. Dividing BIOFARMCIRCCM by 10 yields the respondent's measured arm circumference in centimeters.

IPUMS-DHS has not recoded any numeric values in BIOFARMCIRCCM. However, some values are outside of a plausible range for adult arm circumference. Researchers are encouraged to set upper and lower bounds to reflect a plausible range.

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