Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1993

Reference ID

BFA_1993_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

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

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Whether child measured, and, if not, why not (C_HWWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: BFA1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 873

End: 874

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

911. RESULT

FOR WOMAN/RESPONDENT _____

MEASURED 1
ABSENT 2
REFUSED 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6

FOR CHILD(REN) _____

CHILD MEASURED 1
CHILD SICK 2
CHILD ABSENT 3
CHILD REFUSED 4
MOTHER REFUSED 5
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 6

Categories

Value	Category
10	Measured
20	Not measured
21	Dead
22	Sick
23	Not present
24	Refused
25	Mother refused
26	Child asleep
27	Other
97	No measurement found in household
98	Missing
99	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

HWWHYNOTMEAS (HW13) indicates whether the child was measured for height and weight or, if not, why the child was not measured. All "no" responses have a common first digit of "2," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., consent refused, dead, sick).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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