Demographic Health Survey 2005

Rwanda, 2005

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2005-v01

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Test salt for Iodine (HV234)

Data file: HH

Overview

Valid: 10134

Valid (weighted): 10124.667

Invalid: 510

Invalid (weighted): 147.333

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 129

End: 131

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 995

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V13192

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask respondent for a teaspoonful of cooking salt. Test salt for iodine. Record PPM (parts per million).

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	0 PPM (No Iodine)	119	103	1%
7	7 PPM	1076	982	9.7%
15	15 PPM	7708	7830	77.3%
30	30 PPM	1033	1019	10.1%
994	Salt not tested	0	0	0%
995	No salt in household	198	191	1.9%
999		138	147
Sysmiss		372	0

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

Universe

All households

Source of information

Interviewer testing

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