All anthropometry data

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-All-anthro-data-2020-v1

Producer(s)

Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit

Collections

Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

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Created on

Nov 14, 2025

Last modified

Nov 19, 2025

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birth date (D) (birth_date)

Data file: all_anthro_data

Overview

Valid: 152783

Minimum: 1898-06-15

Maximum: 2020-02-21

Type: Discrete

Start: 86

End: 95

Width: 10

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

birth date

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: birthdd (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: birthmm (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: birthyear (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: birthest (table[s]: gen_identity)
Birth date is created from individual date elements on gen_identity: if day missing 15 is used, if month missing June is used, if only year estimate the mid-point of the estimate range is used

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