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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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Reference ID
BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Average blood pressure measurement: Systolic (C_BPAVGSYS)

Data file: BEN2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1252
End: 1254
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
101E) May I take your blood pressure now?

INTERVIEWER SIGNATURE________
DATE_______

RESPONDENT ACCEPTED MEASUREMENT (RECORD THE RESULT OF THE BLOOD PRESSURE TEST)
RESPONDENT REFUSED MEASUREMENT (RECORD 9994)

BLOOD PRESSURE

SYSTOLIC/MAX 1__________
DIASTOLIC/MIN 2_________

REASONS FOR WHICH THE BLOOD PRESSURE WASN'T MEASURED

REFUSED '9994
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS '9995
OTHERS________ (SPECIFY) '9996
Categories
Value Category
995 Refused
996 Technical problems
997 Other
998 Missing
999 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
For women who agreed to have blood pressure measured during the survey, BPAVGSYS reports the woman's average systolic pressure measurement.

The related variable BPAVGDIA reports the woman's average diastolic pressure measurement.

In the surveys that measured a woman's blood pressure, the interviewer measured the person's blood pressure at three different times during the survey. Because blood pressure measurements only represent an instantaneous value, the average of multiple measurements may provide more accurate results. The related variables BP1SYS, BP2SYS, and BP3SYS report the first, second, and third systolic measurements taken during the survey.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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