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Re: missing height and weight in men's data [message #27310 is a reply to message #27302] Mon, 17 July 2023 07:39 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

In these surveys, 1/6 of the households were selected for the subsample of men. The selected households have hv027=1, and the weight for men's data is hv028, which is slightly larger than hv005 to adjust for nonresponse. The age range for anthropometry for men in the selected households is 15-54, compared with 15-49 for women.

If you use the anthropometry for men in the PR file, then the weight would be hv028. I recommend that you give the BMI estimates separately for women and men and not try to pool them into a single number for the combined population. But if you want a single number, for the age range 15-49, you could define a weight that is equal to hv028 for men and hv005 for women.


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