Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006

West Bank and Gaza, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-MICS-2006-V1.0

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Collections

Multi-Indicators (MICS) - Health

Metadata

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Feb 10, 2022

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Salt test result (h423a)

Data file: dwelling characteristics

Overview

Valid: 11661

Invalid: 1578

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Interviewer: Take a sample of the salt and test it according to the training manual.
What is the test result?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not ionized (no color change)	282	2.1%
2	Iodized less than 15 ppm (light color(	1089	8.2%
3	Iodized over 15 ppm (dark color(	10025	75.7%
4	No salt in the household	89	0.7%
5	Salt not tested	176	1.3%
Sysmiss		1578

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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