IPUMS DHS: descr: ANHIGHBP

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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ANHIGHBP_01 (ANHIGHBP_01)

Pregnancy complication: High blood pressure (last birth)

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ANHIGHBP_01 indicates whether the woman experienced high blood pressure while pregnant (for the last birth).

Apart from slight differences in question wording, ANHIGHBP_01 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

ANHIGHBP_01 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Malawi 2004: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
Morocco 2003: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
Yemen 2013: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married and who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.

Malawi: 2004-W, 2004-W

Morocco: 2003-W, 2003-W

Yemen: 2013-W, 2013-W