IPUMS DHS: descr: BPLWHEN

IPUMS DHS

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BPLWHEN (BPLWHEN)

When blood pressure was last measured

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BPLWHEN reports when the respondent's blood pressure was last checked.

Apart from slight differences in question wording, BPLWHEN is largely comparable across samples.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Lesotho 2009: Women age 15-49 who had their blood pressure measured before the survey.
Lesotho 2014: Women age 15-49 who had their blood pressure measured before the survey.

Lesotho: 2009-W, 2009-C, 2009-B, 2009-W, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W