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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (respondents to women's survey) (W_BIOFANEMIALVL)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2841
End: 2841
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
50) CHECK 47 AND 48:
NUMBER OF USUAL RESIDENTS WHOSE HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL IS LOWER THAN THE BASE CRITERIA. *

ONE OR MORE (GIVE EACH WOMAN/PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT THE RESULT OF THE HEMOGLOBIN TEST AND CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 51. **)
NONE (GIVE EACH WOMAN/PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT THE RESULT OF THE HEMOGLOBIN TEST AND END THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.)

*THE BASE CRITERIA IS 9 G/DL FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND 7 G/DL FOR CHILDREN, MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE NOT PREGNANT (OR WHO DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE PREGNANT).

** IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WOMAN OR CHILD WHO IS BELOW THE BASE CRITERIA, READ THE STATEMENT IN QUESTION 51 TO EACH WOMAN WHO IS BELOW THE BASE CRITERIA AND TO EACH WOMAN/PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT OF THE CHILD WHO IS BELOW THE BASE CRITERIA.
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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