Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1999

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Reference ID

ZWE_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., 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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Jan 20, 2021

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Whether child measured, and, if not, why not (C_HWWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: ZWE1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1078

End: 1079

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

31) RESULT

1 MEASURED
2 NOT PRESENT
3 REFUSED
6 OTHER

Categories

Value	Category
10	Measured
20	Not measured
21	Dead
22	Sick
23	Not present
24	Refused
25	Mother refused
26	Child asleep
27	Other
97	No measurement found in household
98	Missing
99	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

HWWHYNOTMEAS (HW13) indicates whether the child was measured for height and weight or, if not, why the child was not measured. All "no" responses have a common first digit of "2," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., consent refused, dead, sick).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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