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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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faraway version 1.0.3
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