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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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Reference ID
ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Blood pressure reading summary (male household members) (H_HWMBPRESULT)

Data file: ZAF2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 864
End: 864
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Normal (optimal)
2 Normal (mildly high)
3 Normal (moderately high)
4 Abnormal (mildly elevated)
5 Abnormal (moderately elevated)
6 Abnormal (severely elevated)
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
HWMBPRESULT reports the referral reading from the male household member's blood pressure measurements, indicating the man's blood pressure category and referral recommendation (when the fieldworker recommends the household member consult a health provider to check their blood pressure). The classification for an individual is based on whichever of the two values measured (systolic or diastolic pressure) is in a higher category. The categories are:

Normal, optimal (below 120/80) - Referral: 1 year
Normal, mildly high (below 130/85) - Referral: 1 year
Normal, moderately high (130-139 / 85-89) - Referral: 2 months
Abnormal, mildly elevated (140-159 / 90-99) - Referral: 1 month
Abnormal, moderately elevated (160-179 / 100-109) - Referral: 1 day/immediately OR 1 week
Abnormal, severely elevated (180 or higher / 110 or higher) - Referral: Immediately

This summary variable is based on the average of three blood pressure measurements.

concept

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