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Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2011-2012

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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Reference ID
BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE)
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Child's height in centimeters (1 decimal) (hw3)

Data file: REC44

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 23
End: 26
Width: 4
Range: 210 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Living children for variables HW1-HW12, HW14-HW58 (B5(HWIDX) = 1).
Categories
Value Category
9994 Not present
9995 Refused
9996 Other
9997 Out of range (<20 cm or > 140 cm)
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.

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Notes
Height in centimeters. There is one implied decimal place in the height (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the height in centimeters divide by 10. Height is supposed to be the recumbent length for children less than 24 months old and the standing height for children born 24 or more months prior to the interview.
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