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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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Reference ID
LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Summary result of salt test for iodine (B_SALTEST3)

Data file: LSO2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 504
End: 504
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
130) Can you please provide me with a teaspoon of cooking salt? I will conduct a test to determine the presence of iodine. Iodine prevents goiter.

ASK RESPONDENT FOR A TEASPOONFUL OF COOKING SALT.
TEST SALT FOR IODINE.

IODINE PRESENT 1
NO IODINE 2
NO SALT IN HOUSEHOLD 3
SALT NOT TESTED (SPECIFY REASON) _______ 6
Categories
Value Category
0 No iodine
1 Iodine present
3 No salt in HH
5 Salt not tested/inconclusive test
6 Non-resident
8 Missing
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
SALTEST3 (HV234A) indicates whether the household's cooking salt contains iodine.

The information in SALTEST3 is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

The related variables SALTEST1 (HV234) and SALTEST2 also report about iodine in cooking salt, but with more detailed information on the level of iodine found. For information on the rationale for collecting information on iodine content in salt, see SALTEST1.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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