226. TAKE THE SECOND BLOOD PRESSURE READING, RECORD THE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PRESSURE.
SYSTOLIC___
DIASTOLIC ___
REFUSED 994 (IF NOT MEASURED, GO TO 236)
TECHNICAL PROBLEM 995 (IF NOT MEASURED, GO TO 236)
OTHER 996 (IF NOT MEASURED, GO TO 236)
Categories
Value
Category
993
Technical problems
994
Refused
995
Other
999
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
HWFBP2DIA reports the female household member's second diastolic pressure measurement.
The related variable HWFBP2SYS reports the woman's second 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. Because blood pressure measurements only represent an instantaneous value, the average of multiple measurements may provide more accurate results. The related variables HWFBP1DIA and HWFBP3DIA report the first and third diastolic measurements taken during the survey.