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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2005
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EGY_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council [Egypt], El-Zanaty and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Code of person measuring children's height and weight (C_BIOMEASCODE)

Data file: EGY2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1137
End: 1141
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
TICK HERE IF CONTINUATION SHEET USED ___

215) NAME OF MEASURER/TESTER __ __
NAME OF ASSISTANT __ __

* CONSENT STATEMENT
As part of this survey, we are studying anemia among women, children and adolescents. Anemia is a serious health problem that usually results from poor nutrition, infection, or chronic disease. This survey will assist the government to develop programs to prevent and treat anemia.

We request that you (and all children under age 6, and all male and never married female adolescents aged 10-19) to participate in the anemia testing part of this survey and give a few drops of blood from a finger. The test uses disposable sterile instruments that are clean and completely safe. The blood will be analyzed with new equipment and the results of the test will be given to you right after the blood is taken. The results will be kept confidential.

May I now ask that you (and NAME OF CHILD[REN]/ADOLESCENT) participate in the anemia test. However, if you decide not to have the test done, it is your right and we will respect your decision. Now please tell me if you agree to have the test(s) done.
Categories
Value Category
99999 NIU (not in universe)
99998 Missing
99997 Don't know
99996 Inconsistent
99995 No living children under 5
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 gave birth in the three to five years before the survey, BIOMEASCODE (V420) reports the code assigned to the person measuring their children's height and weight. Codes are sample-specific; a given numeric code in one sample refers to a different person than the same numeric code in another sample.

Using the measurer and assistant measurer (BIOASSTMEASCODE (V421)) codes, researchers can evaluate whether the quality of responses (e.g., the number of "out of range" cases) depended on the person measuring the children.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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