malnutrition {RiskMap}

Malnutrition in Ghana

Description

This geostatistical dataset was extracted from the Demographic and Health Survey 2014 conducted in Ghana.

• lng Longitude of the sampling cluster.

• lat Latitude of the sampling cluster.

• age age in months of the child.

• sex sex of the child.

• HAZ height-for-age Z-score.

• WAZ weight-for-age Z-score

• urb binary indicator: urban area=1; rural area=0.

• etn ethnic group.

• edu level of education of the mother, which takes integer values from 1="Poorly educated" to 3="Highly educated".

• wealth wealth score of the household, which takes integer values from 1="Poor" to 3="Rich".

The coordinate reference system is 3857.

Usage

data(malnutrition)

Format

A data frame with 2671 rows and 10 variables

Source

Demographic and Health Survey, dhsprogram.com