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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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Reference ID
NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Weight in kilograms (1 decimal) (members under age 5) (H_HWCWEIGHT)

Data file: NAM2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 512
End: 515
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
505. WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

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Categories
Value Category
9994 Not present
9995 Refused
9996 Other
9997 Out of range
9998 Missing
9999 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
For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCWEIGHT (HC2) reports their weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing HWCWEIGHT by 10 will yield the measured weight in kilograms.

concept

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