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

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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Education level (broad categories) (D) (school)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 63

End: 63

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No formal	1179	3.9%
1	Standard 1-5	3335	10.9%
2	Standard 6-8	9822	32.1%
3	Secondary	13232	43.3%
4	Tertiary	3007	9.8%

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.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: educat [highest level of education] (table[s]: ncdk_personal, ncdl_personal)
The original education categories are collapsed further into broader categories.
recode educat 1/2=0 3/4=1 5=2 6=3 7=4, gen(school)

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