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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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Third blood pressure measurement: Systolic (C_BP3SYS)

Data file: LSO2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1185
End: 1187
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1116) May I measure your blood pressure at this time?

INTERVIEWER SIGNATURE ____
DATE ____

RESPONDENT AGREES (RECORD OUTCOME OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT.)
RESPONDENT DOES NOT AGREE (RECORD 994)

SYSTOLIC ____
DIASTOLIC ____
REFUSED 994
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS 995
OTHER 996
Categories
Value Category
995 Refused
996 Technical problems
997 Special answer
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 her blood pressure measured for a second time during the survey, BP3SYS reports the woman's third systolic pressure measurement.

The related variable BP3DIA reports the woman's third diastolic pressure measurement.

In the surveys that measured a woman's blood pressure, the interviewer measured the 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 BP2SYS report the first and second systolic measurements taken during the survey, while BPAVGSYS reports the average of the woman's systolic measurements taken throughout the survey.

concept

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