Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Created on

Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

Aug 22, 2018

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Weight for height percent of reference median (WHO) (respondents to women's survey) (C_BIOFWTHTRMWHO)

Data file: TZA2015-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 99995 - 99999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
99995	Flagged cases
99998	Missing
99999	NIU (not in universe)

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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