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| Re: BMI of males [message #29070 is a reply to message #28996] |
Fri, 19 April 2024 16:55   |
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
I meant to say that there seem to have been some inconsistencies in the measurement of men's heights across the NFHS surveys but certainly not by an order of magnitude.
Powers of 10 are used consistently across DHS surveys for the same variables, but are different for different variables. Powers of 10 are used simply to move the decimal point to the right, often enough for it to be ignored. The most familiar example is the sampling weight, which is multiplied by 10^6, so the decimal point can be ignored. The same sore of thing is done for height weight, z scores, etc.
I am unfamiliar with the IPUMS files, variable names, recodes, etc. It looks like you are using the zanthro construction for adults by setting age at 17 years and 11 months. You can do that, but I believe nutrition experts would question whether the standards for that age should be applied to all adult ages. DHS staff cannot help with these kinds of analysis issues.
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