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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Drank alcohol in 30 minutes before 1st blood pressure measurement (female household members) (H_HWFBPALCREC)

Data file: NPL2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 487
End: 487
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
215. Before taking your blood pressure, I would like to ask a few questions about things that may affect these measurements. Have you done any of the following within the past 30 minutes:
Eaten anything?
A) Had coffee, tea, cola or other drink that has caffeine?
B) Smoked or used any tobacco
C) product?
D) Took alcohol?

A) EATEN

YES 1
NO 2

B) HAD CAFFEINATED DRINK

YES 1
NO 2

C) SMOKED

YES 1
NO 2

D) TOOK ALCOHOL

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
HWFBPALCREC indicates whether the female household member drank alcohol in the 30 minutes before the first blood pressure measurement. Alcohol use can lead to temporarily raised blood pressure levels. In general, individuals are advised to not drink alcohol for 30 minutes prior to a blood pressure measurement.

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