ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011

Malawi

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MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1

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Dr Neil French (Director)

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Karonga HDSS

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Which relative is making pressure for you to have a child v3 onwards (relwho)

Data file: css_abs2spouses

Overview

Valid: 372

Invalid: 12997

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 100

End: 100

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Who is making pressure?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Auntie from mother side	197	53%
2	Auntie from paternal side	66	17.7%
3	Grandmother from paternal side	62	16.7%
4	Grandmother from mother side	46	12.4%
5	Brothers	0	0%
6	Sisters	1	0.3%
7	Friends	0	0%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	9
Sysmiss		12988

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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