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Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2010
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RWA_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (Female household members) (H_HWFANEMIALVL)

Data file: RWA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 524
End: 524
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

G/DL__

NOT PRESENT 994
REFUSED 995
OTHER 996
Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
7 Information not collected
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 female household members of childbearing age, HWFANEMIALVL (HA57) 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 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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