| Re: Issues with weight and height data [message #16230 is a reply to message #16199] |
Thu, 29 November 2018 09:36  |
fredarnold
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Registered: March 2014
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There is always considerable heaping on birth weights, particularly for mothers who cannot show a written record of the birth weight. Many women do not know the exact birth weight, and rounding on values such as 2,000, 2,500, and 3,000 is common. This may be particularly true for mothers with a low level of education. Accurate reporting of the birth weight among mothers who were not able to show a written record of the birth weight is particularly difficult for births that occurred further in the past (up to five years before the interview).
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