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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Weight for height percent of reference median (DHS) (female household members) (H_HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS)

Data file: PAK2017-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 456

End: 460

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

205) WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

KG _____.______
NOT PRESENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996

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

Description

Definition

For female household members, HWFWTHTPCTRMDHS (HA12) reports the woman's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. For this variable, the reference population was developed by the DHS Program. 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:

HWFWTHTPCTRMFOG (HA12A) uses Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standards
HWFWTHTPCTRMWHO (HA12B) uses WHO reference standards

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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