Demographic Health Survey 2005

Rwanda, 2005

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2005-v01

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Anemia level (HA57)

Data file: Person

Overview

Valid: 5711

Invalid: 42140

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Severe	261	4.6%
2	Moderate	507	8.9%
3	Mild	1083	19%
4	Not anemic	3860	67.6%
9		14
Sysmiss		42126

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

Levels below 7.0 g/dl are considered severe anemia; levels between 7.1g/dl and 9.9g/dl are considered moderate anemia; pregnant women with levels between 10.0 g/dl and 10.9 g/dl are considered to have mild anemia; for all other adult women levels between 10.0 g/dl and 11.9 g/dl are considered mild anemia.

Universe

All women eligible for individual interview

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Calculated based on HA53, HA54, and HA56

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