Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 2010

Reference ID

BDI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU), Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte contre le Sida [Burundi] (MSPLS), et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Weight for height percent of reference median (MetLife or Fogarty) (female household members) (H_HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG)

Data file: BDI2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 477

End: 481

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

216) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG _____
NOT PRESENT 999.94
REFUSED 999.95
OTHER 999.96

Value	Category
99997	Flagged cases
99998	Missing
99999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For female household members, HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG (HA12A) reports the woman's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard. This index has been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy.

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

HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS (HA12) uses a DHS reference standard
HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO (HA12B) uses the WHO reference standard

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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