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Demographic and Health Survey 1993, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Burkina Faso, 1992 - 1993
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Reference ID
BFA_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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Weight for height percent of reference median (WHO) (respondents to women's survey) (C_BIOFWTHTRMWHO)

Data file: BFA1993-C

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: 99995 - 99999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
99995 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
BIOFWTHTRMWHO (V444) reports the respondent's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the World Health Organization (WHO) reference standard. This index has been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy.

The following variables report the respondent's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:
BIOFWTHTDHS (V442) uses a DHS reference standard
BIOFWTHTFOG (V444) uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard

concept

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