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 1 (derived) (recent_sick1)

Data file: gap_combined

Overview

Valid: 592

Invalid: 552

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 413

End: 413

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Recent sickness 1 (derived)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	None	207	35%
1	Fever	117	19.8%
2	Cough/cold	156	26.4%
3	Diarrhoea	26	4.4%
4	Stomach ache	58	9.8%
5	Respiratory problem	2	0.3%
6	Ear or eye infection	10	1.7%
7	Skin problem	7	1.2%
8	Other	9	1.5%
Sysmiss		552

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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