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Re: Missing values for child weight and height [message #6683 is a reply to message #5633] Fri, 26 June 2015 09:55 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Liz-DHS
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Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
Here is a response from two of our experts who worked on the survey, Fred Arnold and Glen Heller:
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Working from the 'BR' - Birth Record - file which is driven by the birth histories collected from each woman. The height and weight information however is collected at the Household level (so as to capture orphans, etc), and thus the "No measurement found in Household" represent Birth History cases for which there were no matching case found in the Height/Weight section.
An explanation of the "other" code and the "9" code. The "other" code includes any result other than MEASURED, NOT PRESENT, and REFUSED. Possible examples are that the weighing scale was not functioning properly or the household became inaccessible (after the household schedule had been completed) due to flooding or other reasons. Code "9" signifies missing cases.
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If you still have questions, please feel free to post again. Thank you!

[Updated on: Fri, 26 June 2015 10:35]

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