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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Highest level of education mother (moeduc)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 65

End: 65

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the highest education attained by your mother?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Illiterate	4567	14.9%
1	Literate and no formal education	392	1.3%
2	Up to primary school	15642	51.2%
3	Secondary school	4675	15.3%
4	Graduate or higher	1172	3.8%
8	Don't know	4127	13.5%

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: moeduc (table[s]: ncdk_personal, ncdl_personal)

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