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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Mother took iron tablets/syrup during pregnancy (C_ANIRON)

Data file: GHA2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1286
End: 1286
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
417. During this pregnancy, were you given or did you buy any iron tablets? SHOW TABLET. [Most recent birth within the last five years]

YES 1
NO 2 (SKIP TO 419)
DON'T KNOW 8 (SKIP TO 419)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
ANIRON (M45) indicates whether the child's mother took iron tablets or syrup while the child was in utero.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Antenatal iron supplements Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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