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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2014
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Reference ID
KEN_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Iodized salt in household (bridging variable) (H_SALTBRIDGE)

Data file: KEN2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 346
End: 347
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

IODINE PRESENT 1
NO IODINE 2
NO SALT IN HOUSEHOLD 3
SALT NOT TESTED (SPECIFY REASON) ______________ 6
Categories
Value Category
96 Non-resident
10 Iodized salt in household
11 Packaged salt - iodized
20 Non-iodized salt in household
21 Packaged salt - noniodized
30 Salt not tested
31 Local salt
32 Loose salt
33 Salt for animals
34 Natron in block
35 Packaged salt - other
36 Other, n.e.c.
97 Doesn't cook
98 Missing/no salt available
99 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
SALTBRIDGE serves as a bridging variable between two approaches to collecting information on the presence of iodized salt in the household. Initially, respondents were asked, "What type of salt is usually used for cooking in your household?" Respondents were also asked to show their salt package to the interviewer.

Beginning with Phase 4 of the standard DHS questionnaire, respondents were asked to provide the interviewer with a teaspoon of cooking salt, which the interviewer then tested. Iodine testing methods varied across phases and countries.

SALTBRIDGE combines information from the first approach of asking about cooking salt (in SALTIODIZE (HV222)) and the second approach of testing the cooking salt for iodine (in SALTEST3 (HV234)).

The information in SALTBRIDGE is taken from the household record, linked to the record of the woman respondent. This information applies to household residents, not temporary visitors, so researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT (V135) variable (with visitors coded "2").

See Comparability for more information.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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