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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Sri Lanka, 2012
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Reference ID
LKA_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/3x2b-wv98
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World Bank
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The STEP Skills Measurement Program
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jun 30, 2014
Last modified
Apr 05, 2016
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Body Mass Index (BMI)

Data file: STEP Sri_Lanka_working

Overview

Valid: 2983
Invalid: 6
Minimum: 11.3
Maximum: 50.5
Mean: 22.521
Standard deviation: 4.629
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 4554
End: 4556
Width: 3
Range: 8.5 - 45
Format: Numeric

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Notes
"A BMI under 16 is extremely emaciated; a BMI of 15 signals starvation. BMI's over 40 signal morbid obesity."
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