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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Type of work (broad categories) (D) (occupation)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 64

End: 64

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not working	6410	21%
1	Housework	5822	19%
2	Farming/fishing	8745	28.6%
3	Self-employed	5016	16.4%
4	Employed	4582	15%

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: work [work status] (table[s]: ncdk_personal, ncdl_personal)
The original work categories are collapsed further into broader categories.
recode work 1/2=4 3=2 4=3 6=1 5=0 7/10=0, gen(occupation)

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