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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Height for age percent of reference median (CDC standards) (members under age 5) (H_HWCHTAPCTRM)

Data file: PAK2017-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 5
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
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, HWCHTAPCTRM (HC6) reports their height-for-age as a percent of the median height 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 height-for-age, or "stunting," is an indicator of chronic malnutrition,

HWCHEIGHT (HC3) reports the young household member's length or height as measured by DHS personnel. See this variable and HWCHTHOWMEAS (HC15) for specifics on length/height measurement. The related variable AGEMOHHLT5 (HC1) reports the young household member's age in months at the time of measurement.

The similar variable HWCHTAPCT (HC4) reports the height-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 height-for-age, see HWCHAZNCHS (HC5). HWCHAZNCHS reports the difference between the young household member's height and the median height 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
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