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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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Code of person measuring children's height and weight (W_BIOMEASCODE)

Data file: PAK2017-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2805
End: 2809
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
207) MEASURER: ENTER YOUR FIELDWORKER NUMBER.

FIELDWORKER NUMBER ________
Categories
Value Category
99999 NIU (not in universe)
99998 Missing
99997 Don't know
99996 Inconsistent
99995 No living children under 5
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 women who gave birth in the three to five years before the survey, BIOMEASCODE (V420) reports the code assigned to the person measuring their children's height and weight. Codes are sample-specific; a given numeric code in one sample refers to a different person than the same numeric code in another sample.

Using the measurer and assistant measurer (BIOASSTMEASCODE (V421)) codes, researchers can evaluate whether the quality of responses (e.g., the number of "out of range" cases) depended on the person measuring the children.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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