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Demographic Health Survey 2010

Rwanda, 2010 - 2011
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RWA-NISR-DHS-2010-v01
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR
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Demography and Health Statistics
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Anemia level (HA57)

Data file: Person

Overview

Valid: 1767
Invalid: 12304
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 142
End: 142
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Severe 6
0.3%
2 Moderate 42
2.4%
3 Mild 234
13.2%
4 Not anemic 1485
84%
9 21
Sysmiss 12283
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.
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All women eligible for individual interview

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Calculated based on HA53, HA54, and HA56
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