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Re: Clarification on Variables for svyset in STATA and generating stunting variable [message #5628 is a reply to message #5596] Wed, 17 June 2015 17:31 Go to previous message
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I believe that HC70 is the WHO anthropometric variable, while the lower numbers use the CDC standards. The WHO standards are only available for the latest rounds of the DHS (they were defined in 2006 or so). You can use the lower HC (or HW) numbers if you don't care which standardization you use, or you can either a) merge in the WHO anthropometrics from the appendix datasets available online; or b) calculate your own using a package like "zscore06" which can be downloaded into Stata.
 
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