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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 number of units drank (D) (drinker)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 79
End: 79
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Never 24991
81.7%
1 <8 drinks/week 4188
13.7%
2 8-22 drinks/week 1024
3.3%
3 22+ drinks/week 372
1.2%
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: numbdrink [number of units drank in last 7 days] (table[s]: derived variable)
variable: alcohol [alcohol in last year] (table[s]: ncdk_personal, ncdl_personal)
Number of drinks consumed in a week summarised into a categorical variable.
gen drinker=0 if numbdrink==0
replace drinker=1 if numbdrink>0 & numbdrink<8
replace drinker=1 if numbdrink==0 & alcohol==1
replace drinker=2 if numbdrink>=8 & numbdrink<22
replace drinker=3 if numbdrink>21
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