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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Iodine level in HH salt, first grouping (M_SALTEST1)

Data file: GHA2014-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 454
End: 456
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
140) ASK RESPONDENT FOR A TEASPOONFUL OF COOKING SALT.
TEST SALT FOR IODINE.

0 PPM (NO IODINE) 1
BELOW 15 PPM 2
15 PPM AND ABOVE 3
NO SALT IN HOUSEHOLD 4
SALT NOT TESTED (SPECIFY REASON) _____ 6
Categories
Value Category
997 Don't know
000 0 PPM
070 7 PPM
071 Less than 15 PPM
150 15 PPM or more
151 30 PPM
994 Salt not tested
995 No salt in household
996 Non-resident
998 Missing
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
SALTEST1 (HV234) reports the iodine level in the household's cooking salt, using grouped values. The levels are grouped based on PPM (parts per million).

Universal salt iodization is recommended (by the World Health Organization and UNICEF) to prevent and correct iodine deficiency disorders (including goiter, hypothyroidism, deaf-mutism, mental retardation, dwarfism, stillbirth, and congenital abnormalities). However, unnecessarily high levels of iodine in salt may lead to occasional cases of hyperthyroidism.

The information in SALTEST1 is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

The related variables SALTEST2 and SALTEST3 (HV234A) also report iodine levels in cooking salt, but with different groupings.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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