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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Myanmar, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
MMR_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) [Myanmar] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Anemia level of child (C_ANEMIALVLKID)

Data file: MMR2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1404
End: 1404
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
420) How many years ago did you receive the last tetanus injection before this pregnancy?

YEARS AGO___
Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
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
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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