# Inquiry regarding the availability of male anthropometric data in IPUMS DHS

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/inquiry-regarding-the-availability-of-male-anthropometric-data-in-ipums-dhs/7119>\
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**Created:** [July 10, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/inquiry-regarding-the-availability-of-male-anthropometric-data-in-ipums-dhs/7119 "2026-07-10T16:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ivan\_Strahof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/ivan_strahof/32/626_2.png) [@Ivan\_Strahof](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Ivan_Strahof)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/inquiry-regarding-the-availability-of-male-anthropometric-data-in-ipums-dhs/7119/2 "2026-07-10T20:21:44Z")

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Adult male anthropometric variables are available on the Household Members unit of analysis. These include [HWMHEIGHT](https://www.idhsdata.org/idhs-action/variables/HWMHEIGHT#codes_section) (“Height in centimeters”), [HWMWEIGHT](https://www.idhsdata.org/idhs-action/variables/HWMWEIGHT) (“Weight in kilograms”), and [HWMWTHTPCTRMDHS](https://www.idhsdata.org/idhs-action/variables/HWMWTHTPCTRMDHS#codes_section) (“Weight for height percent of reference median”) among others. IPUMS DHS has harmonized these variables for a limited number of samples; for sub-Saharan Africa these samples include:

Ethiopia (2011, 2016)  
Ghana (2014)  
Lesotho (2009, 2014)  
Libreria (2013)  
Namibia (2013)  
Rwanda (2010, 2014)  
Sao Tome (2008)  
Senegal (2010)  
Sierra Leone (2013, 2019)  
South Africa (2016)  
Uganda (2006, 2011, 2016)  
Zimbabwe (2010, 2015)

Adult male anthropometric variables are available in other DHS samples but have not yet been harmonized by IPUMS DHS. I shared your interest in these variables with my colleagues on the IPUMS DHS team to see if these variables might be added to additional samples in the future.

If you require data for samples that are not on this list, you can download the data directly from [the DHS Program website](https://dhsprogram.com/) (from the individual recode file) and merge it with an IPUMS DHS data extract (see the [Linking IPUMS-DHS Data to DHS Files](https://www.idhsdata.org/idhs/linking.shtml) user guide for step-by-step instructions).

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