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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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Reference ID
NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Ate anything in 30 minutes before 1st blood pressure measurement (male household members) (H_HWMBPATEREC)

Data file: NPL2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 766
End: 766
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
315. Before taking your blood pressure, I would like to ask a few questions about things that may affect these measurements. Have you done any of the following within the past 30 minutes:
a) Eaten anything?
b) Had coffee, tea, cola or other drink that has caffeine?
c) Smoked or used any tobacco products?
d) Took alcohol?

A) EATEN

YES 1
NO 2

B) HAD CAFFEINATED DRINK

YES 1
NO 2

C) SMOKED

YES 1
NO 2

D) TOOK ALCOHOL

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
HWMBPATEREC indicates whether the male household member ate anything in the 30 minutes before the first blood pressure measurement. In general, individuals are advised not to eat or drink anything other than water for 30 minutes before the blood pressure measurement.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Male blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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