Population and Family Health Survey 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2002

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Reference ID

JOR_2002_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics [Jordan] and ORS Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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

Data file: JOR2002-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 936

End: 936

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

50. CHECK 47 AND 48: NUMBER OF PERSONS WITH HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL BELOW THE CUTOFF POINT

ONE OR MORE (GIVE EACH WOMEN/PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT RESULT OF HEMOGLOBIN MEASUREMENT AND CONTINUE WITH 51)
NONE (GIVE EACH WOMAN/PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT RESULT OF HEMOGLOBIN AND END HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW.)

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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