nepali {faraway}R Documentation

Nepali child heath study

Description

The data are a subset from public health study on Nepalese children.

Usage

data(nepali)

Format

A data frame with 1000 observations on the following 9 variables.

id
There is a seven digit code for the child's ID: 2 digits for the panchayat number; 1 digit for the ward within panchayat; 3 digits for the household; 1 digit for child within household.
sex
1 = male; 2 = female
wt
Child's weight measured in kilograms
ht
Child's height measured in centimeters
mage
Mother's age in years
lit
Indicator of mother's literacy: 0 = no; 1 = yes
died
The number of children the mother has had that died.
alive
The number of children the mother has ever had born alive
age
age of child

Source

West KP, Jr., LeClerq SC, Shrestha SR, Wu LS, Pradhan EK, Khatry SK, Katz J, Adhikari R, Sommer A. Effects of vitamin A on growth of vitamin A deficient children: field studies in Nepal. J Nutr 1997;10:1957-1965.


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