Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2006

Reference ID

MLI_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante' (CPS/MS) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique du Ministere de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et du Commerce (DNSI/MEIC) [Mali], 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

Last modified

May 01, 2020

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Rohrer's index (mass/height cubed) (for respondents to female survey) (B_BIOFROHRER)

Data file: MLI2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1422

End: 1425

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

40. WEIGHT (KILOGRAMS)

WOMEN BETWEEN 15-49 YEARS

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CHILDREN BORN IN 2001 (9) OR AFTER

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Value	Category
9995	Flagged cases
9998	Missing
9999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIOFROHRER (V446) reports the respondent's Rohrer's Index. Rohrer's Index is an anthropometric measure relating weight to height, equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) cubed (W/(H^3)). Rohrer's Index is a measure of acute nutritional status, and may be used as an alternative to Body Mass Index.

The original height and weight values used to calculate Rohrer's Index are also included in IPUMS-DHS. WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the respondent's weight in kilograms as measured by DHS personnel; HEIGHTFEM (V438) reports their length or height in centimeters as measured by DHS personnel.

For an alternate measure of female nutrition, IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in BIOFBMI (V445), which reports the respondent's Body Mass Index (BMI), which is equal to body weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared (W/(H^2)).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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