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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Body mass index (BMI) (male household members) (H_HWMBMI)

Data file: IND2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 627
End: 630
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
403) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KILOGRAMS___
NOT PRESENT 99994 (GO TO 303 FOR NEXT MAN OR, IF NO MORE MEN, END INTERVIEW.)
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
9998 Missing
9999 NIU (not in universe)
9997 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.

Description

Definition
For adult male household members, HWMBMI (HB40) reports their body mass index (BMI). BMI is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/H2). BMI is also known as the Quetelet Index, and it is a measure of acute nutritional status, based on the Fogarty Metropolitan Life tables of ideal weight for height.

The original height and weight values used to calculate BMI are also included in the DHS. HWMWEIGHT (HB2) reports the male household member's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HWMHEIGHT (HB3) reports their height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of male nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in HWMROHRER (the male household member's Rohrer's Index, which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/H3)).

concept

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