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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
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Lowering blood pressure by: Traditional medicine/herbs (W_BPHERBS)

Data file: LSO2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2684
End: 2685
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1012I) To lower your blood pressure, are you now:

a) Taking prescribed medicine?
b) Controlling you weight or losing weight?
c) Cutting down on salt in your diet?
d) Exercising?
e) Cutting down on alcohol consumption?
f) Stopping smoking?
g) Taking traditional medicine/herbs?

A) TAKE MEDICINE

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

B) CONTROL WEIGHT

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

C) CUT DOWN SALT

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

D) EXERCISE

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

E) CUT DOWN ALCOHOL

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

F) STOP SMOKING

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

G) TRADITIONAL MEDICINE/HERBS

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3
Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
98 Missing
20 Yes
12 Not applicable
11 No
10 No or not applicable
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 have been told by a doctor that she has high blood pressure or hypertension, BPHERBS indicates whether she is currently taking traditional medicine or herbs to lower her blood pressure.

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