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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level of child (C_ANEMIALVLKID)

Data file: TZA2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1382
End: 1382
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
116. CHECK 113:
HEMOGLOBIN RESULT

BELOW 7.0 G/DL, SEVERE ANEMIA 1
7.0 G/DL OR ABOVE 2 (GO TO 130)
NOT PRESENT 3 (GO TO 130)
REFUSED 4 (GO TO 130)
OTHER 6 (GO TO 130)
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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