The DHS Program, which manages registration and access for IPUMS DHS, is again reviewing new user applications and requests for expanded access from currently approved users.
BPMED
(BPMED)
Lowering blood pressure by: Prescription medicine
Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, BPMED indicates whether she is currently taking prescribed medicine to lower her blood pressure.
Comparability
Along with universe differences, BPMED varies across samples in the allowed response categories, sometimes including "not applicable" as well as "yes" and "no." To maximize comparability, IPUMS-DHS uses a common first digit of "1" for both non-affirmative ("no" and "not applicable") responses, and distinguishes between "no" and "not applicable" in the second digit of the harmonized codes.
Comparability - Standard DHS
BPMED is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Universe
- Benin 2011: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for hemoglobin testing, who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- Benin 2017: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure, in households selected for the men's survey.
- Cameroon 2018: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure, in households selected for the men's survey.
- Ghana 2014: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who agreed to blood pressure measurement and whose blood pressure was measured.
- Lesotho 2009: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- Lesotho 2014: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- Madagascar 2021: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure, in households selected for the men's survey.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- Zambia 2018: Women age 15-49 who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
