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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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Average blood pressure measurement: Systolic (female household members) (H_HWFBPAVGSYS)

Data file: NPL2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 525
End: 527
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
231. RECORD THE SUM OF SYSTOLIC MEASURES FROM 225 AND 230

SUM SYSTOLIC ___
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
HWFBPAVGSYS reports the female household member's average systolic pressure measurement.

The related variable HWFBPAVGDIA reports the woman's average diastolic 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 HWFBP1SYS, HWFBP2SYS, and HWFBP3SYS report the first, second, and third systolic measurements taken during the survey.

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