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Demographic and Health Survey 2015

Zimbabwe, 2015
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Reference ID
ZWE_2015_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT)
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Body Mass Index (v445)

Data file: REC42

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 115
End: 118
Width: 4
Range: 1404 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
9998 Flagged cases
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.

Others

Notes
Body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet's index, for the respondent is defined as her weight in kilograms divided by the square of her height in meters (W/H2). There are two implied decimal place in the BMI (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the BMI divide by 100. The BMI has not been adjusted for pregnant women.
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