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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Eaten anything in 30 minutes before first blood pressure measurement (C_BPTFOOD)

Data file: BEN2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1260

End: 1260

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

101B) Before taking your blood pressure, I would like to ask you some questions about some things that can affect the measurement? Did you do any of the following in the last 30 minutes:

Eat something?
Drank coffee, tea, a Coca-cola or other drink that has caffeine?
Smoked any tobacco product?

EAT

YES 1
NO 2

DRINK THAT HAS CAFFEINE

YES 1
NO 2

SMOKE

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For women who agreed to have blood pressure measured, BPTFOOD indicates whether the woman had eaten 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
Blood pressure Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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