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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 (MetLife or Fogarty) (female household members) (H_HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG)

Data file: BDI2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 477
End: 481
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
216) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG _____
NOT PRESENT 999.94
REFUSED 999.95
OTHER 999.96
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 female household members, HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG (HA12A) reports the woman's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard. This index has been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy.

The following variables report the woman's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:

HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS (HA12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO (HA12B) uses the WHO reference standard

concept

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