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Demographic and Health Survey 2018

Zambia, 2018 - 2019
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ZMB_2018_DHS_v01_M
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Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats), Ministry of Health
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Weight/Age standard deviation (hw8)

Data file: REC44

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 46
End: 49
Width: 4
Range: -476 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Living children for variables HW1-HW12, HW14-HW73 (B5(HWIDX) = 1).
Categories
Value Category
9998 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.

Others

Notes
Weight for Age standard deviations from the reference median.

The measures were calculated using the CDC Standard Deviation-derived Growth Reference Curves derived from the NCHS/FELS/CDC Reference Population. The measures are presented with two implied decimal places (no decimal points are included in the data file). To produce the actual measure, divide the variable by 100. If either the weight or the height of the child is missing then all of the above measures are set to the missing code 9999 or 99999. If either the height or the weight is outside of the acceptable range for the calculation of these measures then all of the above measures is set to code 9998 or 99998.
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