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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (respondents to women's survey) (B_BIOFANEMIALVL)

Data file: IND2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1313
End: 1313
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
368) RECORD HAEMOGLOBIN LEVEL HERE AND IN ANAEMIA PAMPHLET.

G/DL____
REFUSED 995
OTHER 996
NOT TESTED 998
Categories
Value Category
0 Not anemic
1 Mild
2 Moderate
3 Severe
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
BIOFANEMIALVL (V457) reports the respondent's level of anemia, from not anemic to severely 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 for pregnant women and between 10.0 g/dl and 11.9 g/dl for all other adult women.

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