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Tue, 25 June 2013 12:48

Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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Dear User,
Body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet's index, for the respondent is defined as his/her weight in kilograms divided by the square of his/her height in meters (W/H2). There are two implied decimal place in the BMI (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the BMI divide by 100.

You may also find some guidance by looking at the Guide to DHS Statistics. http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG1/Guide_to_DHS_Statis tics_29Oct2012_DHSG1.pdf. The publication is bookmarked and the Standard Recode Manual http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/DHSG4/Recode6_DHS_22March 2013_DHSG4.pdf

		Men Body Mass Index - Lesotho 2009 By: frankpeter on Mon, 20 May 2013 05:18
		Re: Men Body Mass Index - Lesotho 2009 By: Liz-DHS on Tue, 25 June 2013 12:48

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