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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Lowering blood pressure by: Prescription medicine (W_BPMED)

Data file: LSO2009-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2707
End: 2708
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1012I To lower your blood pressure, are you now:

a. taking prescribed medicine?

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

b. controlling your weight or losing weight?

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

c. cutting down on salt in your diet?

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

d. exercising?

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

e. cutting down on alcohol consumption?

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

f. stopping smoking?

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

g. taking traditional medicine/herbs

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3
Categories
Value Category
10 No or not applicable
11 No
12 Not applicable
20 Yes
99 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 diagnosed with high blood pressure, BPMED indicates whether she is currently taking prescribed medicine to lower her blood pressure.

concept

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