Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Angola, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Anemia level of child (C_ANEMIALVLKID)

Data file: AGO2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1366

End: 1366

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

115) PREPARE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES ONLY FOR THE TEST(S) FOR WHICH CONSENT HAS BEEN OBTAINED AND PROCEED WITH THE TEST(S).

116) RECORD HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL HERE AND IN THE ANEMIA AND MALARIA PAMPHLETS

G/DL ___.__
REFUSED 995
OTHER 996

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

Description

Definition

ANEMIALVLKID (HW57) reports the child's level of anemia, from severely anemic to not 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."

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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