| Re: Blood pressure variable [message #26326 is a reply to message #26298] |
Tue, 07 March 2023 16:34  |
Janet-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
I see that you are working with the HR file (BDHR7RFL.sps). This file has households as units and the subscripts which appear as %01 through %13 in SPSS or as _01 through_13 in Stata refer to individuals. In this survey up to 13 household members were given several different kinds of biomarker tests,. The line number of the person in the household listing is given by SB301%01 through SB301%13. The data will be much easier to use if you switch to the PR file, where they have been reorganized by the line number in the household listing, with one record per household member. In the PR file these variables do not have subscripts.
In the PR file, sex and age are given by hv104 and hv105, respectively. You can identify women age 30-49, but the PR file does not include anything to help you determine whether a woman is post menopausal. Relevant variables are in the women's (IR) file. The IR file does not include these biomarkers, so your analysis may require a merge of the PR and IR files..
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