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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Anemia level (Female household members) (H_HWFANEMIALVL)

Data file: LSO2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 368
End: 368
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(59) HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL (G/DL)

G/DL___ ___.___
Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
7 Information not collected
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
For female household members of childbearing age, HWFANEMIALVL (HA57) reports their 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 for pregnant women and between 10.0 g/dl and 11.9 g/dl for all other adult women.

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