Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Blood pressure reading summary (female household members) (H_HWFBPRESULT)

Data file: ZAF2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 540

End: 540

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
1	Normal (optimal)
2	Normal (mildly high)
3	Normal (moderately high)
4	Abnormal (mildly elevated)
5	Abnormal (moderately elevated)
6	Abnormal (severely elevated)
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

HWFBPRESULT reports the referral reading from the female household member's blood pressure measurements, indicating the woman's blood pressure category and referral recommendation (when the fieldworker recommends the household member consult a health provider to check their blood pressure). The classification for an individual is based on whichever of the two values measured (systolic or diastolic pressure) is in a higher category. The categories are:

Normal, optimal (below 120/80) - Referral: 1 year
Normal, mildly high (below 130/85) - Referral: 1 year
Normal, moderately high (130-139 / 85-89) - Referral: 2 months
Abnormal, mildly elevated (140-159 / 90-99) - Referral: 1 month
Abnormal, moderately elevated (160-179 / 100-109) - Referral: 1 day/immediately OR 1 week
Abnormal, severely elevated (180 or higher / 110 or higher) - Referral: Immediately

This summary variable is based on the average of three blood pressure measurements.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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