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DELPROBP_ALL (DELPROBP_ALL)
Complications at delivery: High blood pressure
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DELPROBP_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.

Codes

0 = No
1 = Yes
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)

Description

DELPROBP_ALL indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question about delivery complications, the woman reported experiencing high blood pressure.

DELPROBP_ALL consists of a set of six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELPROBP_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELPROBP_02, DELPROBP_03, DELPROBP_04, DELPROBP_05, and DELPROBP_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELPROBP_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL
 Namibia

Comparability

DELPROBP_ALL has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard

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

Comparability — Namibia [top]

The 1992 Namibia survey includes "Hypertension" as a write-in response category.

Universe

  • Namibia 1992: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Namibia: 1992-W