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NCD Combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2013 - 2016
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MWI-MEIRU-NCD-2013-v1.0
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Prof Moffat Nyirenda, Prof Shabbar Jaffar
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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS
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Summary variable of alcohol usage (D) (alcoft)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 77
End: 77
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Never 24991
81.7%
1 Rarely 3364
11%
2 Often 2220
7.3%
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: alcohol [alcohol in last year] (table[s]: ncdk_personal, ncdl_personal)
variable: nalcohol [alcohol frequency] (table[s]: ncdk_personal, ncdl_personal)
Drunk alcohol in last 12 months (alcohol) and how often drank alchol (nalcohol) are combined into a summary variable.
gen alcoft=0 if alcohol==2
replace alcoft=1 if alcohol==1 & nalcohol>3
replace alcoft=2 if alcohol==1 & nalcohol<=3
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