GAP Growth in Adolescence :Potential interventions to improve growth,health & reduce future non-communicable disease

Malawi, 2016

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MWI-MEIRU-GAP-2016-v1.0

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Dr Marko Kerac

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Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets

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Recent sickness 2 (derived) (recent_sick2)

Data file: gap_combined

Overview

Valid: 221

Invalid: 923

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 414

End: 414

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Recent sickness 2 (derived)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	None	0	0%
1	Fever	1	0.5%
2	Cough/cold	71	32.1%
3	Diarrhoea	42	19%
4	Stomach ache	73	33%
5	Respiratory problem	10	4.5%
6	Ear or eye infection	11	5%
7	Skin problem	13	5.9%
8	Other	0	0%
Sysmiss		923

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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