Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2010

Reference ID

BFA_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD), Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Burkina Faso] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Child's height measured lying down or standing up (members under age 5) (H_HWCHOWMEAS)

Data file: BFA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 618

End: 618

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

207. MEASURED LYING DOWN OR STANDING UP?

LYING DOWN 1
STANDING UP 2
NOT MEASURED 3

Value	Category
0	Not measured
1	Lying down
2	Standing up
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCHOWMEAS (HC15) reports whether their height was measured when they were lying down or standing up. According to the DHS Recode Manuals:

In DHS surveys, children aged less than 24 months are to be measured lying down, children 24 months or older are to be measured standing up. There may, however, be a considerable discrepancy between policy and practice!

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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