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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2005
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Reference ID
RWA_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Économique [Rwanda] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Results of salt iodine test (from individual record) (B_SALTRESULT)

Data file: RWA2005-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 445
End: 446
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
35. ASK THE RESPONDENT FOR A TEASPOONFUL OF SALT NORMALLY USED IN THE HOUSEHOLD, THEN TEST THE SALT TO VERIFY THE PR?SENCE OF IODINE.
RECORD RESULTS IN PPM (PARTS PER MILLION).

0 PPM (NO COLOR) 1
7 PPM 2
15 PPM 3
30 PPM OR MORE (VERY DARK COLOR) 4
NO SALT IN THE HOUSEHOLD 5
SALT NOT TESTED 6
(IF NO SALT WAS TESTED, GIVE THE REASON: ______)
Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 0 ppm (No iodine)
10 1-25 ppm
11 7 ppm
12 LT 15 ppm
13 LE 15 ppm
14 15 ppm
15 GE 15 ppm
20 26-50 ppm
21 30 ppm
30 51-75 ppm
31 1-75 ppm
40 76-100 ppm
94 Salt not tested
95 No salt in the household
96 Non-resident
98 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
SALTRESULT (V166) reports the results of the salt iodine test, with information recorded on the individual person's record.

The following related variables, taken from the household record, report the results of the salt iodine test and are separated according to the type of test:

SALTEST1 (HV234) reports the iodine level in the household's cooking salt, using grouped values of 0 PPM, 7 PPM, 15 PPM or less, 15PPM or more, and 30 PPM.
SALTEST2 reports the iodine level in the household's cooking salt, using grouped values of 0 PPM, 1-25 PPM, 26-50 PPM, 51-75 PPM, and 76-100 PPM.
SALTEST3 (HV234A) indicates whether the household's cooking salt tested positive for iodine.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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