Table 5 Summary of the data used.

From: The impact of improved data quality on the prevalence estimates of anthropometric measures using DHS datasets in India

 

2015–2016

2005–2006

N (share of total data)

259,627 (83.43%)

51,555 (16.57%)

Mean age in months (SD)

29.66 (17.15)

29.54 (17.21)

Mean height in centimetres (SD)

83.38 (14.01)

82.36 (14.30)

Mean weight in kilograms (SD)

10.46 (3.32)

10.33 (3.38)

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