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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Indoor Fire (indsmoke)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 68

End: 68

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has an indoor fire with wood or crop residue or dun been used in your home as a primary means of cooking for more than 6 months in your life?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	1246	4.1%
1	Yes, inside the house	1794	5.9%
2	Yes, but in a separate kitchen area	27535	90.1%

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

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