Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Whether child measured, and, if not, why not (C_HWWHYNOTMEAS)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1299

End: 1300

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

106) HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

CM ________._____
NOT PRESENT 9994 (GO TO 108)
REFUSED 9995 (GO TO 108)
OTHER 9996 (GO TO 108)

Categories

Value	Category
10	Measured
20	Not measured
21	Dead
22	Sick
23	Not present
24	Refused
25	Mother refused
26	Child asleep
27	Other
97	No measurement found in household
98	Missing
99	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

HWWHYNOTMEAS (HW13) indicates whether the child was measured for height and weight or, if not, why the child was not measured. All "no" responses have a common first digit of "2," while the second digit reveals the reason (e.g., consent refused, dead, sick).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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