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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Average blood pressure measurement: Diastolic (B_BPAVGDIA)

Data file: LSO2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1186
End: 1188
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1206) CALCULATE THE AVERAGE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BY DIVIDING THE SUM IN Q1205 BY 2

AVERAGE SYSTOLIC ____

AVERAGE DIASTOLIC ____ (GO TO 1211)
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, BPAVGDIA reports the woman's average diastolic pressure measurement.

The related variable BPAVGSYS reports the woman's average 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 BP1DIA, BP2DIA, and BP3DIA report the first, second, and third diastolic measurements taken during the survey.

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