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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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Adult diagnosed with high blood pressure 2+ times (W_HIGHBPDIAG2)

Data file: BEN2011-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2853
End: 2853
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1012) Have you been told at least twice by a doctor or other health care professional that you have hypertension or high blood pressures?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 have been told by a doctor that she has high blood pressure, HIGHBPDIAG2 indicates whether she has been told by a doctor on more than one occasion that she has hypertension.

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