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

India, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Weight for height percent of reference median (DHS) (male household members) (H_HWMWTHTPCTRMDHS)

Data file: IND2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 610
End: 614
Width: 5
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
99997 Flagged cases
99998 Missing
99999 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 male household members, HWMWTHTPCTRMDHS (HB12) reports the man's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. For this variable, the reference population was developed by the DHS Program.

The following variables report the man's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:

HWMWTHTPCTRMFOG (HB12A) uses Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standards
HWMWTHTPCTRMWHO (HB12B) uses WHO reference standards

concept

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