Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Test salt for iodine (Hv234)
Data file: HH
Overview
Valid:
33748
Invalid:
2550
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
128
End:
130
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 995
Format:
Numeric
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 ppm (no iodine) | 1151 |
3.4%
|
| 7 | Below 15 ppm | 14616 |
43.3%
|
| 15 | 15 ppm and above | 16304 |
48.3%
|
| 30 | 30 ppm | 0 |
0%
|
| 994 | Salt not tested | 207 |
0.6%
|
| 995 | No salt in household | 1470 |
4.4%
|
| 999 | Missing | 322 | |
| Sysmiss | 2228 |
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
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
Test salt for iodine