NCD Combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2013 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-NCD-2013-v1.0

Producer(s)

Prof Moffat Nyirenda, Prof Shabbar Jaffar

Collections

Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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No of spouse (s) (D) (nospouse)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 19439

Invalid: 11136

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 62

End: 62

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If 2, how many spouses do you have now?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: spousenum [number of spouses] (table[s]: css_seird1_8, css_sei)
variable: intdate [interview date] (table[s]: css_seird1_8, css_sei)
variable: comdate [completion date] (table[s]: ncdk_personal)
variable: nospouse [number of spouses] (table[s]: ncdl_personal )
For Karonga, the latest number of spouses report from the SEI (css_seird1_8 or css_sei) is taken, for Lilongwe this question was asked directly (ncdl_personal).

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