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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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First blood pressure measurement: Diastolic (W_BP1DIA)

Data file: GHA2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2809
End: 2811
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
101E) TAKE THE FIRST BLOOD PRESSURE READING.
RECORD THE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PRESSURE. THEN PROCEED TO Q102.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MEASURE THE RESPONDENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE, RECORD THE REASON.

SYSTOLIC ___
DIASTOLIC ___

REFUSED 994
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS 995
OTHER 996
Categories
Value Category
994 Refused
995 Technical problems
997 Other
998 Missing
999 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 agreed to have blood pressure measured during the survey, BP1DIA reports the woman's first diastolic pressure measurement.

The related variable BP1SYS reports the woman's first systolic pressure measurement.

In the surveys that measured a woman's blood pressure, the interviewer measured the person's blood pressure at three different times during the survey. Because blood pressure measurements only represent an instantaneous value, the average of multiple measurements may provide more accurate results. The related variables BP2DIA and BP3DIA report the second and third diastolic measurements taken during the survey, while BPAVGDIA reports the average of the woman's diastolic measurements taken throughout the survey.

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