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Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 2010
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BDI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU), Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte contre le Sida [Burundi] (MSPLS), et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Weight for height percent of reference median (CDC standards) (members under age 5) (H_HWCWTHTPCTRM)

Data file: BDI2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 592
End: 596
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG _____
NOT PRESENT 99.94
REFUSED 99.95
OTHER 99.96
Categories
Value Category
99997 Flagged cases
99998 Missing
99999 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 household members under age 5, HWCWTHTPCTRM (HC12) reports their weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight in growth charts by height and sex developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Low weight-for-height, or "wasting," is an indicator of acute malnutrition. The 5th percentile on growth charts has often been used as a screening cutoff to identify infants and children at greater nutritional and health risk.

HWCWEIGHT (HC2) reports the young household member's weight as measured by DHS personnel. HWCHEIGHT (HC3) reports their measured height in centimeters. The related variable AGEMOHHLT5 (HC1) reports age in months at the time of measurement.

For an alternative measure of wasting in terms of weight-for-height using the same reference population, see HWCWHZNCHS (HC11). HWCWHZNCHS reports the difference between the young household member's weight and the median weight of the CDC reference population of the same height and sex, expressed in units equal to one standard deviation of the reference population's distribution.

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Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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