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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
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[na] anemia level (Ha57)

Data file: Person

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 156832
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 148
End: 148
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Severe
2 Moderate
3 Mild
4 Not anemic
Sysmiss
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

Derivation
Calculated based on HA53, HA54, and HA56
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