Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1996

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Reference ID

ZMB_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Iodine level in hh salt, 2nd grouping (W_SALTEST2)

Data file: ZMB1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 398

End: 400

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

25. RECORD IODATE SCORE

0 01
25 02
50 03
75 04
100 plus 05

Categories

Value	Category
000	0 PPM (No Iodine)
015	1 to 25 PPM
035	26 to 50 PPM
065	51 to 75 PPM
090	76 to 100 PPM
993	1 to 75 PPM: Iodide/alkaline (not iodine only)
994	Salt not tested
995	No salt in household
996	Non-resident
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

SALTEST2 reports the iodine level in the household's cooking salt, using a second grouping for the values. The levels are grouped based on PPM (parts per million).

The information in SALTEST2 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 SALTEST1 (HV234) and SALTEST3 (HV234A) also report iodine levels in cooking salt, but with different groupings. For discussion of the rationale for collecting such information, see SALTEST1.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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