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Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Central African Republic, 2007
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COD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (members under age 5) (H_ANEMIALVLHHLT5)

Data file: COD2007-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 588
End: 588
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

G/DL ._____, ___
Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
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
For household members under age 5, ANEMIALVLHHLT5 (HC57) reports their level of anemia, from severely anemic to not 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."

concept

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