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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
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Anemia level (members under age 5) (H_ANEMIALVLHHLT5)

Data file: GHA2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 718
End: 718
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
212E) SEVERE ANEMIA REFERRAL STATEMENT:

The anemia test shows that (NAME OF CHILD) has severe anemia. Your child must be taken to a health facility right away. (GO TO 213)
Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
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 household members under age 5, ANEMIALVLHHLT5 (HC57) 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."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child blood testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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