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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 of child (C_ANEMIALVLKID)

Data file: JOR2007-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1344
End: 1344
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
307) Now I would like to ask you about the first time that you did something or used a method to avoid getting pregnant.

How many living children did you have at that time, if any?
IF NONE, RECORD '00'.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN______
Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
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
ANEMIALVLKID (HW57) reports the child's level of anemia, from severely anemic to not 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."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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