Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2013 - 2014

Reference ID

COD_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en œuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Anemia level (respondents to women's survey) (C_BIOFANEMIALVL)

Data file: COD2013-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1237

End: 1237

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

356) RECORD HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL HERE AND IN ANEMIA PAMPHLET

G/DL ____
NOT PRESENT 994
REFUSED 995
OTHER 996

Value	Category
0	Not anemic
1	Mild
2	Moderate
3	Severe
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIOFANEMIALVL (V457) reports the respondent's level of anemia, from not anemic to severely 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.

concept

Concept

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

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