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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Lowering blood pressure by: Prescription medicine (C_BPMED)

Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1259
End: 1260
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1035) To lower your hypertension or high blood pressure, are you now:

a) Taking prescribed medicine?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT APPLICABLE 8

b) Controlling your weight or losing weight?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT APPLICABLE 8

c) Cutting down on salt in your diet?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT APPLICABLE 8

d) Exercising?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT APPLICABLE 8

e) Cutting down on alcohol?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT APPLICABLE 8

f) Stopping smoking?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT APPLICABLE 8
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.

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