Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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Reference ID

WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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Body Mass Index -NA (V445)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 532

End: 532

Width: 1

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

Body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet's index, for the respondent is defined as her weight in kilograms divided by the square of 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. The BMI has not been adjusted for pregnant women.

Universe

Mothers of children born in the preceding three/five years (V417 > 0).

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