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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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Second blood pressure measurement: Systolic (W_BP2SYS)

Data file: GHA2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2820
End: 2822
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
600C) TAKE THE BLOOD PRESSURE READING.
RECORD THE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PRESSURE. THEN PROCEED TO Q.601.
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
995 Refused
996 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, BP2SYS reports the woman's second systolic pressure measurement.

The related variable BP2DIA reports the woman's second diastolic 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 BP1SYS and BP3SYS report the first and third systolic measurements taken during the survey, while BPAVGSYS reports the average of the woman's systolic measurements taken throughout the survey.

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