Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012

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

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Created on

Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Lowering blood pressure by: Traditional medicine/herbs (C_BPHERBS)

Data file: BEN2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1215

End: 1216

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1013) To lower your hypertension or high blood pressure, are you currently:

a. taking prescribed drugs?
b. Controlling your weight or losing weight?
c. Reducing the amount of salt in your food?
d. Eating plants?
e. Exercising?
f. Quitting smoking?

MEDICATION

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

CONTROLLING WEIGHT

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

REDUCING SALT

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

PLANTS

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

EXERCISING

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

QUITTING SMOKING

YES 1
NO 2
N/A 3

Value	Category
99	NIU (not in universe)
98	Missing
20	Yes
12	Not applicable
11	No
10	No or not applicable

Description

Definition

For women who have been told by a doctor that she has high blood pressure or hypertension, BPHERBS indicates whether she is currently taking traditional medicine or herbs to lower her blood pressure.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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