Description
SALTEST3 (HV234A) indicates whether the household's cooking salt contains iodine.
The information in SALTEST3 is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.
The related variables SALTEST1 (HV234) and SALTEST2 also report about iodine in cooking salt, but with more detailed information on the level of iodine found. For information on the rationale for collecting information on iodine content in salt, see SALTEST1.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, SALTEST3 (HV234A) is comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
SALTEST3 (HV234A) is included in Phase VI forward of the standard DHS household questionnaire.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Angola 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49.
- Benin 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Benin 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Burkina Faso 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Comoros 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Congo Brazzaville 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 in households not selected for hemoglobin testing.
- Ethiopia 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Gabon 2000: All women age 15-49.
- Gabon 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Gambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Gambia 2019: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 2018: All women age 15-49.
- India 2019: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Lesotho 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Liberia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Liberia 2019: All women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Mali 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 in households selected for salt collection.
- Mozambique 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Myanmar 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Namibia 2013: All women age 15-64.
- Nepal 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Nepal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Niger 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Rwanda 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Rwanda 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2019: All women age 15-49.
- South Africa 2016: Women age 15-49 in households selected for salt collection.
- Tanzania 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Togo 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Togo 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Yemen 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2015: All women age 15-49.
Afghanistan:
2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-B, 2015-M, 2015-H, 2015-W
Angola:
2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-M, 2015-H, 2015-W
Bangladesh:
2011-M, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2011-H, 2011-C, 2011-B
Benin:
2011-B, 2011-M, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2011-H, 2011-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-B, 2017-M, 2017-H, 2017-W
Burkina Faso:
2010-B, 2010-M, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-H, 2010-W
Burundi:
2010-W, 2010-W, 2010-H, 2010-M, 2010-B, 2010-C, 2016-C, 2016-B, 2016-W, 2016-M, 2016-H, 2016-W
Cameroon:
2011-B, 2011-C, 2011-M, 2011-W, 2011-H
Chad:
1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B, 1996-M, 1996-H, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-B, 2014-M, 2014-H
Comoros:
2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-M, 2012-H, 2012-W
Congo (Democratic Republic):
2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-M, 2013-H
Congo Brazzaville:
2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-H, 2011-M
Cote d'Ivoire:
2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-M, 2011-H
Egypt:
2014-H, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W, 2014-W
Ethiopia:
2011-M, 2011-C, 2011-H, 2011-B, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2016-W, 2016-H, 2016-M, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W
Gabon:
2000-W, 2000-C, 2000-B, 2000-M, 2000-H, 2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-H, 2012-M
Gambia:
2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-H, 2013-M, 2013-W, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-B, 2019-M, 2019-H
Ghana:
2014-W, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-H, 2014-M
Guinea:
2012-B, 2012-M, 2012-C, 2012-H, 2012-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-M, 2018-H, 2018-W
India:
2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-B, 2019-M, 2019-H
Kenya:
2014-W, 2014-W, 2014-H, 2014-M, 2014-B, 2014-C
Lesotho:
2014-W, 2014-H, 2014-M, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W
Liberia:
2013-B, 2013-C, 2013-M, 2013-W, 2013-H, 2013-W, 2019-W, 2019-H, 2019-M, 2019-B, 2019-C, 2019-W
Malawi:
2016-M, 2016-W, 2016-H, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W
Mali:
2012-C, 2012-W, 2012-H, 2012-M, 2012-W, 2012-B, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-M, 2018-H, 2018-W
Mozambique:
2011-B, 2011-M, 2011-C, 2011-H, 2011-W, 2011-W
Myanmar:
2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-B, 2015-M, 2015-H, 2015-W
Namibia:
2013-B, 2013-M, 2013-C, 2013-W, 2013-H, 2013-W
Nepal:
2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-W, 2011-M, 2011-W, 2011-H, 2016-W, 2016-H, 2016-M, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W
Niger:
2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-M, 2012-W, 2012-H, 2012-W
Nigeria:
2018-H, 2018-W, 2018-M, 2018-B, 2018-C, 2018-W
Rwanda:
2010-H, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2010-M, 2010-B, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-H, 2014-M, 2014-W, 2014-B
Senegal:
2010-H, 2010-M, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2010-W, 2012-H, 2012-W, 2012-B, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2014-H, 2014-W, 2014-M, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-B, 2015-H, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-W, 2015-M, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W, 2016-W, 2016-H, 2016-M, 2017-H, 2017-W, 2017-M, 2017-B, 2017-C, 2017-W
Sierra Leone:
2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-H, 2013-M, 2013-W, 2019-M, 2019-B, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-W, 2019-H
South Africa:
2016-W, 2016-C, 2016-B, 2016-H, 2016-W
Tanzania:
2015-M, 2015-B, 2015-C, 2015-H, 2015-W, 2015-W
Togo:
1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 1998-M, 1998-H, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-H, 2013-M
Uganda:
2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-M, 2011-H, 2011-W, 2011-W, 2016-W, 2016-W, 2016-H, 2016-M, 2016-B, 2016-C
Yemen:
2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-H, 2013-W
Zambia:
2013-M, 2013-W, 2013-B, 2013-H, 2013-C, 2013-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-M, 2018-H, 2018-W
Zimbabwe:
2010-C, 2010-H, 2010-M, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2010-B, 2015-W, 2015-H, 2015-M, 2015-B, 2015-C, 2015-W