NCD Combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2013 - 2016

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MWI-MEIRU-NCD-2013-v1.0

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Prof Moffat Nyirenda, Prof Shabbar Jaffar

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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Number of children aged 5-17 years in household (D) (chfsv)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 29118

Invalid: 1457

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 59

End: 60

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 12

Format: Numeric

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: ident [person id] (table[s]: crs_memball)
variable: startdate [start date of episode] (table[s]: crs_memball)
variable: stopdate [end date of episode] (table[s]: crs_memball)
variable: crshse [household id] (table[s]: crs_memball)
variable: comdate [completion date] (table[s]: ncdk_personal)
variable: birthest [decade estimate of birth] (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: birthdd [day of birth] (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: birthmm [month of birth] (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: birthyear [year of birth] (table[s]: gen_identity)
variable: chofsv [number of children aged 5-17 in the household] (table[s]: ncdl_hhf)
For Karonga, the number of children living in the house at the time of the NCD interview (comdate) is calculated from the DSS episodes data (crs_memball). For Lilongwe, this question was asked directly (chfsv on ncdl_hhf).

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