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

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Nov 14, 2025

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Nov 19, 2025

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age in years (D) (age_y)

Data file: all_anthro_data

Overview

Valid: 152782

Invalid: 1

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 117

Mean: 19.893

Standard deviation: 19.435

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 96

End: 98

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 117

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

age in years

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: birth_date (table[s]: derived)
variable: examdate (table[s]: [see above])
Age in years is calculated from examdate and birthdate
gen age_y=int((examdate-birth_date)/365.25)

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