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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What is the principle type of roofing in your dwelling? (Form B) (roof)

Data file: gap_combined

Overview

Valid: 592

Invalid: 552

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1223

End: 1223

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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What is the principle type of roofing in your dwelling? (Form B)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Cement	2	0.3%
2	Wood planks or Cardboard	5	0.8%
3	Iron and tiles	14	2.4%
4	Iron sheets	453	76.5%
5	Natural materials (palm/thatched)	117	19.8%
6	No roof	1	0.2%
7	Other	0	0%
8	Unknown	0	0%
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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