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Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_GSPCM

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Summary
Abstract: The Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition dataset consists of estimates of the percentage of children with weight-for-age z-scores that are more than two standard deviations below the median of the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population. Data are reported for the most recent year with subnational information available at the time of development. The data products include a ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide a global subnational map of the prevalence of underweight children that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 85.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Dataset Title: Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition
Dataset Release Date: 2005
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version: 1.00
Data Presentation Form: raster, vector, tabular, map
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-global-subnational...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1990-01-01
Stop Date: 2002-01-01
Location Keywords
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
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SEDIMENT CORERS Ancillary Description
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NOAA/NCDC
Data Center
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER
Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160
Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online ftp, www
Distribution Format: ascii, excel
Fees: none
Personnel
KONRAD A. HUGHEN
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (508) 289-3353
Email: khughen at whoi.edu
Contact Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
City: Woods Hole
Province or State: MA
Postal Code: 02543
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Hughen, K., S. Lehman, J. Southon, J. Overpeck, O. Marchal,
C. Herring, and J. Turnbull. 2004. 14C Activity and Global Carbon
Cycle Changes over the Past 50,000 Years. Science, Volume 303, Number
5655, 9 January 2004.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-03-15
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-18

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