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Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2010
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BFA_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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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
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Weight for age standard deviations from reference median (CDC standards) (members under age 5) (H_HWCWAZNCHS)

Data file: BFA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 594
End: 597
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS:

KG _____

NOT PRESENT 9994
REFUSED 9995
OTHER 9996
Categories
Value Category
9997 Flagged cases
9998 Missing
9999 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
For household members under age 5, HWCWAZNCHS (HC8) reports the difference between their weight and the median weight of a reference population of the same age and sex, expressed in units equal to one standard deviation of the reference population's distribution. An anthropometry measure expressed in reference standard deviation units is also known as a Z-score. HWCWAZNCHS values are provided in units equal to 100 times the Z-score, to preserve two decimal places without requiring the use of a decimal point. Dividing HWCWAZNCHS by 100 will yield a weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) value.

Low weight-for-age, or "underweight," is a composite indicator of acute and/or chronic malnutrition. The WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition [URL omitted from DDI.] considers a weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) between -2 and -3 to represent moderate malnutrition, and WAZ below -3 to represent severe malnutrition.

Reference populations used to generate HWCWAZNCHS draw from 1978 U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) international growth reference [URL omitted from DDI.] data. This reference was considered standard by WHO until the 2006 release of the WHO Multicenter Growth Reference Study (MGRS), which generated new standard anthropometry curves using a globally diverse reference population intended to reflect healthy growth conditions.

DHS has also created anthropometric Z-score variables using WHO MGRS 2006 reference populations. HWCWAZWHO (HC71) uses WHO MGRS 2006 reference populations to generate weight-for-age Z-scores. This variable was generated for all samples including the necessary anthropometric measurements, including those preceding 2006.

HWCWEIGHT (HC2) reports the young household member's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel. AGEMOHHLT5 (HC1) reports the age in months at the time of measurement.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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