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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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Eaten anything in 30 minutes before first blood pressure measurement (W_BPTFOOD)

Data file: BEN2011-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2902
End: 2902
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
101B) Before taking your blood pressure, I would like to ask you some questions about some things that can affect the measurement? Did you do any of the following in the last 30 minutes:

Eat something?
Drank coffee, tea, a Coca-cola or other drink that has caffeine?
Smoked any tobacco product?

EAT

YES 1
NO 2

DRINK THAT HAS CAFFEINE

YES 1
NO 2

SMOKE

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
For women who agreed to have blood pressure measured, BPTFOOD indicates whether the woman had eaten anything in the 30 minutes before the first blood pressure measurement. In general, individuals are advised not to eat or drink anything other than water for 30 minutes before the blood pressure measurement.

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