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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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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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HbA1c level (male household members) (H_HWMBGLEVEL)

Data file: ZAF2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 809
End: 813
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
99995 Inconclusive
99999 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
HWMBGLEVEL reports the HbA1c (blood glucose) level of the male household member. Blood glucose testing is usually done to test for prediabetes and diabetes conditions and to assist with diabetes management.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Male blood testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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