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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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Bar code for blood smear sample (H_MLTBARCODE)

Data file: GHA2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 479
End: 483
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
211D) BARCODE LABEL
PUT THE 1ST BARCODE LABEL HERE. PUT THE 2ND BARCODE LABEL ON THE SLIDE AND THE 3RD ON THE TRANSMITTAL FORM AND THE 4TH ON THE RDT.

NOT PRESENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
99999 NIU (not in universe)
99993 Sample damaged/insufficient/not found in lab
99994 Not present
99995 Refused
99996 Other
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
MLTBARCODE (HML34) is a 5-digit bar code for the household member's blood smear sample. A blood smear is collected on a microscope slide, and the slide is labeled with a bar code instead of the person's name to protect confidentiality.

Microscopy analysis of the blood on the slide in a central laboratory can detect the presence of parasites in the blood as an indicator of malaria at the time of the survey.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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