1) Percent distribution of women with a birth in last 5 years, by number of days they took iron tablets or syrup during pregnancy of last birth.
2) Percentage of women with a birth in last 5 years who took deworming medication during pregnancy of last birth.
3) Percentage of women with a birth in last 5 years who live in a household with salt tested with iodized salt.
Coverage:
Population base: Women with a birth in the 5 years preceding the survey (IR file)
Time period: 5 years preceding the survey
Numerators:
1) Number of women with a birth in the 5 years preceding the survey distributed by the number of days they took iron tablets or syrup during the pregnancy of their last birth (none, < 60, 60-89, 90+, “don’t know”/missing) (m45 = 0, m46 in 0:59, m46 in 60:89, m46 in 90:300, m45 = 8, 9 or m46 = 998, 999)
2) Number of women with a birth in the 5 years preceding the survey who took deworming medication during pregnancy of last birth (m60 = 1).
3) Number of women with a birth in the 5 years preceding the survey living in households with tested iodized salt (hv234a = 1)
Denominators:
a) For numerators 1, 2: Number of women with a birth in the 5 years preceding the survey (v208 > 0)
b) For numerator 3: Number of women with a birth in the 5 years preceding the survey who live in households where salt was tested (v208 > 0 & hv234a in 0, 1)
Variables: IR file.
|
v208 |
Births in last five years |
|
m45_1 |
During pregnancy, given or bought iron tablets/syrup |
|
m46_1 |
Days tablets or syrup taken |
|
m60_1 |
Drugs for intestinal parasites during pregnancy |
|
hv234a |
Result of salt test for iodine |
|
v005 |
Women’s individual sample weight |
For numerator 3/denominator b: To calculate the salt iodization indicator for women, it is first necessary to merge the salt iodization variables from the household recode (HR file) to the women’s recode (IR file) using the cluster and household numbers (see Matching and Merging Datasets in Chapter 1).
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing values and “don’t know” on whether given iron tablets/syrup or missing and “don’t know” on number of days given iron tablets/syrup are included in a separate category. Missing values and “don’t know” for deworming during pregnancy excluded from numerator and included in denominator. Women living in households in which salt was not tested or for which information is missing on salt content are excluded from the numerator and denominator.
The indicators for women taking iron tablets or syrup, women taking deworming medication, and women living in households with iodized salt are no longer included in the DHS-8 tabulation plan.
Sununtnasuk, C., A. D’Agostino, & J. Fiedler. 2016. “Iron folic acid distribution and consumption through antenatal care: Identifying barriers across countries.” Public Health Nutrition, 19(4), 732-742. doi:10.1017/S1368980015001652
WHO. 2016. WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience. Geneva.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/guidelines/antenatalcare-pregnancy-positive-experience/en/
API Indicator IDs:
AN_MIAM_W_NON, AN_MIAM_W_L60, AN_MIAM_W_L89, AN_MIAM_W_90P, AN_MIAM_W_DKM, AN_MIAM_W_DWM, AN_MIAM_W_IOD