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Fri, 13 November 2020 09:03

geiszlnono@gmail.com is currently offline

geiszlnono@gmail.com
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Hi,

I'm using variables for women's Weight(v437), Height(v438) and BMI(v445).

1) It is claimed that these variables prior to Phase IV only included mothers of children under three/five years of age, while in Phase IV forward all interviewed women were included. However, the recode manual for all phases classifies these measurements under "Maternal Anthropometry".
So in which phases are all women included, and in which ones only mothers?

2) The recode manual states Weight and Height must be divided by 10, whilst BMI must be divided by 100. What is the explanation for having unrealistic values for these measures after dividing? For example, how should we interpret a weight of 8kg and 573kg for a woman or a BMI of 70? Are these data errors?

Thanks

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