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 months (D) (age_m)

Data file: all_anthro_data

Overview

Valid: 152782

Invalid: 1

Minimum: -10

Maximum: 1406

Mean: 243.283

Standard deviation: 233.135

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 99

End: 102

Width: 4

Range: -10 - 1406

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

age in months

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: birth_date (table[s]: derived)
variable: examdate (table[s]: [see above])
Age in months is calculated from examdate and birthdate
gen age_m=int((examdate-birth_date)/30.5)

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