GAP Growth in Adolescence :Potential interventions to improve growth,health & reduce future non-communicable disease

Malawi, 2016

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MWI-MEIRU-GAP-2016-v1.0

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Dr Marko Kerac

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Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets

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are you happy with your weight? (Form B) (weight_percept)

Data file: gap_combined

Overview

Valid: 592

Invalid: 552

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 4029

End: 4029

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Are you happy with your weight? (Form B)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very underweight	19	3.2%
2	Slightly underweight	178	30.1%
3	About right weight	300	50.7%
4	Slightly overweight	72	12.2%
5	Very overweight	23	3.9%
Sysmiss		552

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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