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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Weight for age percent of the reference median (CDC standards) (members under age 5) (H_HWCWTAPCTRM)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 594
End: 598
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
505. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG. ___.___
Categories
Value Category
99998 Missing
99999 NIU (not in universe)
99997 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 household members under age 5, HWCWTAPCTRM (HC9) reports their weight-for-age as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same age and sex. For this variable, the reference population was developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Low weight-for-age, or "underweight," is an indicator of acute and/or chronic malnutrition,

HWCWEIGHT (HC2) reports the young household member's weight as measured by DHS personnel. The related variable AGEMOHHLT5 (HC1) reports age in months at the time of measurement.

The similar variable HWCWTAPCT (HC7) reports the young household member's weight-for-age percentile relative to smoothed percentile growth charts by age and sex, for the same reference population.

For an alternative measure of stunting in terms of weight-for-age and using the same reference population, see HWCWAZNCHS (HC8). HWCWAZNCHS reports the difference between the height and the median weight of the CDC reference population of the same age and sex, expressed in units equal to one standard deviation of the reference population's distribution.

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