Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009

Get Microdata

Reference ID

LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Jan 16, 2021

Last modified

Jan 16, 2021

Page views

102214

Third blood pressure measurement: Diastolic (C_BP3DIA)

Data file: LSO2009-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1175

End: 1177

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 9994.)

BLOOD PRESSURE
DIASTOLIC _______
SYSTOLIC ________

REASON BLOOD PRESSURE NOT MEASURED
REFUSED 9994
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS 9995
OTHER 9996

Value	Category
995	Refused
996	Technical problems
997	Other
998	Missing
999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For women who agreed to have blood pressure measured during the survey, BP3DIA reports the woman's third diastolic pressure measurement.

The related variable BP3SYS reports the woman's third systolic pressure measurement.

In the surveys that measured a woman's blood pressure, the interviewer measured the person's 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 BP1DIA and BP2DIA report the first and second diastolic measurements taken during the survey, while BPAVGDIA reports the average of the woman's diastolic measurements taken throughout the survey.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

Back to Catalog