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 (WHO) (respondents to women's survey) (W_BIOFWTHTRMWHO)

Data file: PAK2017-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2841

End: 2845

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

105) In what month and year were you born?

MONTH ________
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ______
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

Value	Category
99995	Flagged cases
99998	Missing
99999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIOFWTHTRMWHO (V444) reports the respondent's weight-for-height as a percent of the median weight for a reference population of the same height. This variable uses the World Health Organization (WHO) reference standard. This index has been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy.

The following variables report the respondent's weight for height as a percent of the median weight for different reference populations:
BIOFWTHTRMDHS (V442) uses a DHS reference standard
BIOFWTHTRMFOG (V444) uses the Metropolitan Life or Fogarty reference standard

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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