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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Arm circumference (in centimeters) (B_BPTARMCM)

Data file: BEN2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1253
End: 1254
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
101D) May I take your blood pressure?
BEFORE TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE FOR THE FIRST TIME, MEASURE THE INTERVIEWER'S ARM CIRCUMFERENCE, IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SHOULDER AND THE ELBOW.
RECORD THE MEASUREMENT IN CENTIMETERS

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE (IN CENTIMETERS)_______
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99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
For women who agreed to have blood pressure measured during the survey, BPTARMCM reports, in centimeters, the circumference of the woman's arm, midway between the elbow and the shoulder.

When the blood pressure cuff is too large or too small, errors in measuring blood pressure can occur. Using cuffs that are too small or too short can lead to overestimates of the systolic and diastolic measurements. Similarly, using cuffs that are too large can lead to underestimates. The related variable BPTMODEL reports the blood pressure monitor cuff size used to measure the woman's blood pressure.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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