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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
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Currently pregnant (W_BIOFPREGNANT)

Data file: LSO2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2540
End: 2540
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(60) FOR WOMEN: CURRENTLY PREGNANT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3
Categories
Value Category
0 No/don't know
1 Yes
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
BIOFPREGNANT (V454) indicates whether the respondent was pregnant at the time of the interview.

A woman's pregnancy status is an important factor in interpreting hemoglobin/anemia level. See the following variables for more information:
BIOFHEMOLEVEL (V453)
BIOFHEMOLEVELALT (V456)
BIOFANEMIALVL (V457)

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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