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Population and Family Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2007
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JOR_2007_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics [Jordan] and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (respondents to women's survey) (B_BIOFANEMIALVL)

Data file: JOR2007-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1186
End: 1186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
226) RECORD HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL HERE AND IN ANEMIA PAMPHLET

G/DL_____
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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