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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (respondents to women's survey) (B_BIOFANEMIALVL)

Data file: NPL2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1225
End: 1225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
212) RECORD HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL HERE AND IN THE ANEMIA PAMPHLET.

G/DL ____.__
NOT PRESENT 994
REFUSED 995
OTHER 996

213) GO BACK TO 203 IN NEXT COLUMN OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE OR IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF THE NEXT PAGE; IF NO MORE CHILDREN, GO TO 214.
Categories
Value Category
0 Not anemic
1 Mild
2 Moderate
3 Severe
8 Missing
9 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
BIOFANEMIALVL (V457) reports the respondent's level of anemia, from not anemic to severely anemic, based on hemoglobin levels in blood drawn by DHS personnel.

According to the DHS Recode Manuals:
[Hemoglobin] levels below 7.0 g/dl are considered as severe anemia, levels between 7.1g/dl and 9.9g/dl are considered as moderate anemia, and cases between 10.0 g/dl and 10.9 g/dl are considered as mild anemia for pregnant women and between 10.0 g/dl and 11.9 g/dl for all other adult women.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female blood testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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