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

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May 14, 2020

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Weight for height percent of reference median (WHO) (female household members) (H_HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO)

Data file: BFA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 478

End: 482

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

216. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS:

KG _____

NOT PRESENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996

Value	Category
99997	Flagged cases
99998	Missing
99999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For female household members, HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO (HA12B) reports the woman'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 woman's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:

HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS (HA12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG (HA12A) uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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