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
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Data Center
Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-01

Data Center Personnel
Name: ASDC USER SERVICES
Phone: 757-864-8656
Email: support-asdc at earthdata.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
User and Data Services
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157D
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA
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Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: david.m.winker at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Langley Research Center
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-06-28
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-07

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